Jobo Points from South America (my collection)

[MidlandMan]

Thats been suggested for a long time in South America and even in Europe but greatly poo'ed in the USA. The real question is how could enough people to create a viable population get to South America first? There is evidence that Polynesians managed the journey but their navigation skills are to this day not outdone and their sailing craft were the most advanced technology of their day. That having been said the skull discovered in Lagoa Santa Cave in the Belterra clays has claims of great antiquity and is said to most closely resemble Australoid peoples known to exist at that time, purportedly about 40,000 years BP.

[BenjaminEble]

Mohave, in photos two, and four, are the black points sections of Haskett points? The reason I ask is because some of the flaking looks distinctly like palm punch flaking.

Also, by default, palm punches create the effect that you see in the narrow, thick bodied points. They create a convexity, due to the way the flakes curve, and blend into the original surface, around the centerline area.

I will post an example. The following photos are of a small biface that had a rough surface. I beveled the edge, and literally drove off the rough face, in stages, with a palm punch. The punch has a head that is probably over a centimeter wide, and flat. It is about an inch, and a half, long. If I do this again, it would make a good experiment, because it is possible to work off the tip, and simply "re-face" a biface by "peeling" off the face with the punch, flake by flake. By the way, this is one of many effects that can be created, with the same tools, and process. There are probably many other effects that could be created, as well. Naturally, if I had used a thinner punch - say 6 mm wide - the flake scars would be much narrower. I simply am posting this to show the blending effect produced by the palm punch, which creates convexity, when creating narrow bodied points.

Ben

[Mojave]

Originally Posted by BenjaminEble

Mohave, in photos two, and four, are the black points sections of Haskett points?

Yes, all the black ones (obsidian and basalt) are Haskett points.

[Mojave]

Again thanks to Joshua, these show the technology.

[Mojave]

a couple more...

[lillyput]

So glad this post was brought to life again Thank you Joshua for sharing the fantastic lithics. And thanks to Mojave, Midlandman, and Benjamin for adding more valuable information. You guys ROCK