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Savannah River Projectile Point
by Elizabeth Paynter – CART Lab Director The picture above shows a broken quartzite Savannah River projectile point that is missing its tip. The Savannah River projectile point is a notable and common point type found along much of the east coast. … Continue reading
Posted in Artifacts
Tagged american indian, arrowheads, Lithic, Lithics, precontact, Prehistoric, Prehistory, spearpoint
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Understanding Basics of Lithic Production
by Jonathan Brisendine – Archaeological Field and Lab Tech Almost everyone knows the basic appearance of a projectile point otherwise known as an arrow head. Early projectile points were made of lithic (stone). However, if asked, few would be able … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology
Tagged american indian, flint knapping, precontact, Prehistoric, Prehistory
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FOFA Symposium is Wrapping Up!
Friends of Fairfax County Archaeology and Cultural Resources held an excellent event today at the James Lee Center in Falls Church. Great speakers including CRMPB’s own John Rutherford and Sheila Larkin Koons.
Posted in Archaeology, CART, Colchester, Events, FOFA
Tagged Flakes, Lithics, Native American, Old Colchester Park and Preserve, Prehistory, stone tools
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Let’s Get to the Point about Typologies
by Sheila Koons – Lab Archaeologist & Lithics Specialist We had gone over every question we could think of that visitors might ask at the Open House. We wanted to make sure that we were answering the visitors’ questions as … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Artifacts
Tagged Lithic Typology, Prehistoric, Prehistory, Projectile Points, Sheila Koons
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Saturday at Hidden Pond Park
The day started out windy and we feared for falling branches. But it turned into a lovely day to be doing archaeology at Hidden Pond Park. Today we started doing shovel test pits (STPs) in an area of the park … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, ASV, CART, Volunteers
Tagged Archaeology, Hidden Pond Park, Lithics, Native American, Prehistory, volunteer
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Fire-Cracked Rock, part 1
by Sheila Koons – Lab Archaeologist & Lithic Specialist One of the most common artifacts recovered from Old Colchester is fire-cracked rock (also known as FCR), particularly from the prehistoric areas. Not all cracked rock is indicative of human activity. So then how can we … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Artifacts
Tagged american indian, FCR, Hearth, Lithic, precontact, Prehistoric, Prehistory, Sheila Koons
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Sweating the Small Stuff
by Sheila Koons – Lab Archaeologist & Lithic Specialist I took the opportunity to write this blog post as an alternative to what I have been doing for the last couple of weeks in the lab, mainly picking. Picking is … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology
Tagged american indian, chaîne opératoire, Lithic, precontact, Prehistory, Sheila Koons
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Biweekly Update – 30 August 2014
Posted in Archaeology, Biweekly Update, CART
Tagged ECLP Experience, Ellanor C. Lawrence, History, Prehistory, Summer
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Biweekly Update – 8 August 2014
Posted in Archaeology, Biweekly Update, CART
Tagged Archaeology, biweekly update, pottery, prehistoric ceramic, Prehistory, Virginia
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Chaîne Opératoire
by Sheila Koons – Lab Archaeologist & Lithic Specialist The process of producing stone tools from lithic raw material is called lithic reduction or “chaîne opératoire” (a very snazzy term borrowed from the French). As the name suggests, a larger … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, CART
Tagged blue quartz, debitage, Lithics, Old Colchester, Prehistory, Shiela Koons, stone tools
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C.A.R.T. Archaeology 