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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=21% BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="219a8580dvldtc.jpg"> <div> Notice the fine flaking on this Talco!</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Texas Amateur Archeological Association</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Texas Amateur Archeological Association"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="JOIN THE TAAA!"><U>JOIN THE TAAA!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TAAA Digs"><U>TAAA Digs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Private Artifact Digs"><U>Private Artifact Digs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A True Texas Cache"><U>A True Texas Cache</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Official Dig Rules"><U>Official Dig Rules</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TAAA Creedo"><U>TAAA Creedo</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Texas Cache Magazine"><U>Texas Cache Magazine</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Give A Gift Membership"><U>Give A  Gift Membership</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Finds Collections"><U>Members Finds & Collections</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Links"><U>Great Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members Hobbies Interests"><U>Members Hobbies & Interests</U></A>   |   <B>Members Questions</B>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TAAA Newsletter Stories"><U>TAAA Newsletter Stories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Texas Artifact Typology"><U>Texas Artifact Typology</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TAAA Artifact Collecting Tips"><U>TAAA Artifact Collecting Tips</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ranches For Sale"><U>Ranches For Sale</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Museums"><U>Museums</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nonmember Points"><U>Nonmember Points</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar of Events"><U>Calendar of Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Ancient Reverence"><U> Ancient Reverence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ancient Learning Page"><U>Ancient Learning Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archeological and Related Books For Sale"><U>Archeological and Related Books For Sale</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artifacts For Sale"><U>Artifacts For Sale</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact the TAAA"><U>Contact the TAAA</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03cf4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Members Questions</div> <bR> <div> Question From Don Fabrygel: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  Bob,  If you have anything on the LITTLE RIVER points I asked</FONT></div> <div> about, please bring it to the dig. I have a point I suspect could be a LITTLE RIVER. The only place I have seen it mentioned was in one of OVERSTREET'S earlier books.       While I am getting educated, when it is mentioned that a stem or base of a point is ground or smoothed, what does this mean and how does one tell? I think I know but am not positive, so enlighten me.</div> <bR> <div> Answer:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  Don, I believe that Mr. Perino named the Little River point,  its type and description can be found in his book "selected Preforms, Points and Knives of the North American Indians" Volume 1.  If you have one we will photograph it and ad it to the TAAA Web Pages Texas Typology page.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>  Grinding is nothing more than a smoothing of the sharp edges on the side stems of knives and dart points.  It was done to keep from cutting the sinew as it was wrapped around the hafted area.  Some are ground pretty high but it would be very rare to see one ground 1/3 rd of the way up from the base.  </div> <bR> <div> Usually less and not equally on both sides (if equal it is an indication of a fake, but not always).  Basal grinding as opposed to stem grinding could be an indication of simple wear from the stone wearing on the hafted area from multiple cutting actions.</div> <bR> <div> The grinding can be extremely smooth or just barely ground to knock off the sharp edges.  Extremely ground pieces are another modern knapper habit.</div> <bR> <div> Edge grinding is usually a Paleo characteristic with an occasional Historic or Archaic piece showing some.  In a lot of the cases this could be from wear where the piece was hafted.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <a href="http://counter.mycomputer.com/"><img alt="Counter" src="http://counter.mycomputer.com/c.count?u=txcache&c=18" border=0></a>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>