Flint Type Reference

[Flintflicker]

Hello everyone,can anyone point me torward where a good place on the net where i can print pictures of the different kinds of flint types of North America? im trying to educate myself on the differnt types. any help will be greatly appreciated. Happy Hunting

[Steve Valentine]

Here are 3 reference guides you can use. My favorite one is lithicsnet because they give a more detialed description and also give you similar Point examples to check out. My least favorite is the Overstreets, but lots of people swear by it so I included it for you. Hope this helps you out.


LITHICS-NET HOME PAGE

Projectile Point Identification and Listing Website

The Largest Arrowhead Identification Database | OverstreetID.com

[drdave514]

I think he means types of material, rather than types of points.

[ghost recon]

Lithics By Region


This is the best lithic types resource page I've found online. It's unfinished and still a work in progress I believe but depending on where you live it can be really helpful.

[Flintflicker]

Thanks Steve and Ghost,i should have worded that differently,but i was talking about flint material types. buffalo river chert,dover chert,ETC.....

[marksimerson]

"Prehistoric Chert Types of the Midwest" by Tony DeRegnaucourt is a book worth getting. I HIGHLY recommend it! I looked through the internet and nothing comes even close to it.

[joshuaream]

Originally Posted by marksimerson

"Prehistoric Chert Types of the Midwest" by Tony DeRegnaucourt is a book worth getting. I HIGHLY recommend it! I looked through the internet and nothing comes even close to it.

This is a good book.

I also learned a lot by asking people at shows.

[Steve Valentine]

My bad. I guess I should have read it a little closer. The link Ghost gave you is really good for materials and the book that Mark mentioned is the Bible for midwestern Flint types.