Archival Pieces Smithsonia pg 1  
Item: FA1629    *NEW*
Description: Early Archaic Stemmed Serrated Smithsonia - Right hand bevel - It was found by Rocky Anglin in Central Kentucky and purchased from his heirs.  Ex- Monty Pennington

 

Size: 2 1/8 X 1 1/8 inches
Price: $ SOLD                (Click Here to View more Photos)
Item: FA1375   
Description: Serrated Smithsonia - This Smithsonia has decent symmetry and is serrated from tip to ear along both blade edges.  It was found in South Central, Tennessee.  Ex- Monty & Jewdy Pennington

 

Size: 2 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches
Price: $ SOLD                (Click Here to View more Photos)
Item: FA1136    *NEW*
Description: Super Serrated Stemmed Point - Smithsonia? - This Fine Serrated Piece looks like a cross between a Motley, a Buck Creek, and a Smithsonia.  It has a Very Nice tip and is lightly serrated down both blade edges to terminated in a swoop of expanding ears.  It has a nice stem that is slightly expanding to the bottom and rolls out to the ears at the top.  It has very nice symmetry. It is VERY highly patinated and probably Dover Chert. This nice piece was recovered from a Rock Shelter in Simpson County, Kentucky

 

Size: 2 13/16 x 1 1/2 inches
Price: $ SOLD                (Click Here to View more Photos)
Item: FW217   *NEW*
Description: VERY Colorful Smithsonia -  Here is a very colorful Smithsonia that was found in Savannah, Tennessee in Hardin County.  It is made of a colorful piece of chert that is mottled on one side.  It has a touch of the original cortex on the bottom of the base. (see photos).   It has a good symmetry and shape.  It has very fine edge work all up and down the blade edges. (see photos).  One barb is slightly higher than the other.  It has a couple of "chigger bites" on one blade edge and there is a small ding to one barb.  (see photos)  This Typology is hard to find.  Here is a good example.  This Piece is from the John Gibson Collection of Madison County, KY.  John has been an avid hunter and collector of Prehistoric Artifacts for many years.  He is a good friend and one of the founding members of the Appalachian Foothills Artifact Collectors Association.  Ex- Pete Smith Collection, Ex- John Gibson Collection, Ex- Monty & Jewdy Pennington

 

Size: 3 1/16 x 1 7/16 inches
Price: $ SOLD                 (Click Here to View more Photos)
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