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An obsidian first series cortical macroblade. With pieces connected, 104mm long and 24mm wide. Detached from obsidian polyhedral core by indirect percussion using a moose antler punch and billet.

A great example of a hinge fracture, showing how…

An obsidian crested first series obsidian blade. 52mm long and 16mm wide. Detached from pedernales polyhedral core using a moose punch and billet.

An obsidian crested first series macroblade. 124mm long and 24mm wide. Detached from obsidian polyhedral core by indirect percussion using a moose antler punch and billet.

An obsidian crested first series cortical macroblade. 86mm long and 14mm wide. Detached from obsidian polyhedral core by indirect percussion using a moose punch and billet.

An obsidian side and base notched projectile point. 42mm long and 16mm wide. Was an obsidian flake removed from a larger core that was worked bifacially into a projectile point. Slightly serrated. Created by pressure flaking using a copper pressure…

The following pictures go through a slight progression from a flake to a rough biface that was broken. The flake was from a polyhedral core I was shaping, and I started to work on it bifacially bringing up the center line with direct percussion. In…

An obsidian knife preform. 79mm long and 39mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially into a knife preform. Created by direct percussion using hammerstones and a deer antler billet, then pressure flaked using a deer antler tine and copper…

An obsidian preform. 120mm long and 65mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially into a preform. Created by direct percussion using small hammerstones and a deer antler.

An obsidian preform. 58mm long and 22mm wide. Was an obsidian spall worked bifacially down into a preform. Created by direct percussion using hammerstones and deer antler, then pressure flaked using an antler tine.

An experimental obsidian side notched projectile point with a convex base. 44mm long and 26mm wide. Was an obsidian flake removed from a larger core that was worked bifacially into a projectile point. Created by pressure flaking using a copper…