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Spall # 7
Spall # 7 22/June/'08
This spall had about 1/4 inch of cortex on the opposite side.
Cache Blade 1: was made with a whitetail billet, sandstone abrader, and a copper pressure flaker and was completed in 20 minutes.
Cache Blade #1 (length-10.0 cm./width-4.1 cm./weight-48 grams), isolated.
Cache Blade # 1 with its associated tools and debitage. The tools consist of: 8 spoke shaves, 7 thumb scrapers, and 1 reamer. They took 18 minutes to complete. The tools weighed 73 grams and the debitage weighed 230 grams.
Spall # 8
Spall #8 22/June/'08
This spall presented problems, with its large bulb of percussion.
Matanzas #1: Tools used were the whitetail antler billet, the copper pressure flaker, sandstone abrader, and the copper notcher. It took 37 minutes to make the point.
Matanzas #1 (length-8.9 cm./width-2.4 cm./weight-21 grams), isolated.
Matanzas # 1 with its single tool and debitage. The tools was a single unaltered flake knife. It took no time to make the knife as it was part of the debitage and was left unmodified. The tools weighed 3 grams and the debitage weighed 70 grams.
Spall #9
Spall #9 22/June/'08
A large fracture, about 1/3 its length, made this spall tougher to work and resulted in a shorter point than was planned.
Godar #5: and its debitage, were made with a whitetail antler billet, copper pressure flaker, sandstone abrader, and copper notcher. It was completed in 21 minutes.
Godar # 5 (length-4.7 cm./width- 3.5 cm./weight-16 grams), isolated.
Godar #5 with its associated tools and debitage. The tools include: 1 spoke shave and 4 thumb scrapers. They were produced in 15 minutes. The tools weighed 27 grams and the debitage weighed 108 grams.
Spall # 10
Spall # 10 22/June/'08
Matanzas #2: was made with a whitetail antler billet, sandstone abrader, copper pressure flaker, and a copper notcher. It took 19 minutes to make.
Matanzas #2 (length-7.2 cm./width-2.7 cm./weight-21 grams), isolated.
Matanzas #2 and its associated tools and debitage. The tools consist of: 6 thumb scrapers, 1 graver, 1 spoke shave, and 1 reamer. The tools took 24 minutes to complete. The tools weighed 25 grams and the debitage weighed 104 grams.
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