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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.

This is a gunflint similar to those used in the Civil War era, and was found in Maryland. There is no provenience, but it is an interesting lithic that demonstrates the wide use of flint up to more modern times.

The following pictures detail the "cleaning process" of clearing cortical flakes off a nodule of Georgetown Flint. Some of the flakes show decent feather terminations, while others may detail a hinge or step fracture. This can be caused by a variety…

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…