Barry, that tool is about 4" long. It's huge.

I tend to think it a preform blank.


The area it was found in was practically an artifact factory. I have found many pieces of unfinished work. I actually think there have been several caches that have been plowed-through. It's not uncommon to find several whole blades, tools, etc all with a 200 sq ft area. Not necessarily in the same day.

The distribution is thick, more so than a "camp scattering" distribution.

This particular site surrounds 1/2 dozen LARGE-ORDER springs, that feed into a small river. The area also contains tools of nomenclature that transcend a very long timeline from late paleo, transitional, and all periods of the archaic.