Lunate Crescents (Quarter to half moon) Great Basin

[Greatbasinman]

Lunate crescents are another style of crescent found in the Great basin, mainly in Nev. Ore. and Calif. There is debate over their use, I think lunate crescents were a hand held scraper that was very specific to its use. They are a paleo to very early archaic tool

[DesertWalker]

Very nice. Thanks for the view!

[arrow719]

You're killing me! They were used as little boomerangs to decapitate ducks and geese.

[DesertWalker]

C'mon Arrow, you have a nice collection of crescents yourself. Show em!

[Greatbasinman]

PLEASE!!!! I want to see them too!!!!

[Dennis]

What a great group of artifacts. Are they always found along the shore line of Dry lake beds ?

[arrow719]

Most of mine are broken. They are way harder to find on this side of the G.B. Notice the straight ones. I was confused by them at first. But I'm pretty sure they are crescents because they were found with other crescents and both are ground in the center.

[knife river]

Ground in the center on both edges?

[arrow719]

Originally Posted by knife river

Ground in the center on both edges?

Yep, many of them are. That's what lead to the theory that they may of been hafted traversely. Some people even call them Great Basin Traverse points.

[Greatbasinman]

Thanks Desertrat!!!!!!! Very nice, I love that green one. I still dont buy the point theory, I think they were processing something, maybe used more like a knife!