Jack's Reef Blade   Save
Paul Esselborn Collection
Description: This thin, triangular biface is made of gray flint and is of the Jack's Reef type. A portion (about 15%) of the ventral surface of the original flake is visible on the reverse face. This piece comes from the Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000016_013
Subjects: Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
Places: Paul Esselborn Collection