The Cleburne County Arkansas Farm Collection: 30-Piece Lithic Assembly Authentic North Central Arkansas Artifacts

Description

The Cleburne County Arkansas Farm Collection: 30-Piece Lithic Assembly Authentic North Central Arkansas Artifacts

This exceptional 30-piece collection offers a comprehensive look at the prehistoric lithic technology of the Arkansas Ozark foothills. Personally surface-found on a private farm in Cleburne County, Arkansas, these artifacts have been kept together to preserve their geographic and historical context.

Collection Details:

• Quantity: 30 Hand-Knapped Stone Artifacts.

• Types included: Projectile points (Early-to-Late Archaic), bifacial knives, scrapers, and tool preforms.

• Material: Primarily regional Pitkin and Boone Chert, featuring authentic waxy patinas and characteristic percussion scarring.

• Provenance: Legally recovered from private acreage in North Central Arkansas. This lot represents a single-site assembly, indicating a long-term habitation or workshop area near the Little Red River watershed.

Collector’s Note: Single-farm lots of this size are increasingly rare. This assembly is perfect for serious collectors of Arkansas history or as a museum-quality educational display.

Typology of the 30-Piece Collection

Looking at the assortment, you have a healthy mix of “Diagnostic” points (identifiable shapes) and utilitarian tools:

• Projectile Points (Arrows/Darts): You have several stemmed and notched points. Common types found in Cleburne County include Gary, Langtry, and Big Sandy variants. These were used with atlatls (spear throwers) or early bows.

• Knives & Bifaces: The larger, wider triangular pieces were likely used as handheld butchering knives rather than tipped on a shaft.

• Preforms & Cores: Several pieces are “blanks”—stones that were roughly shaped at a quarry and brought back to the farm to be finished into specific tools later.

• Drills/Perforators: Look for the very narrow, needle-like points; these were used for boring holes into wood, bone, or leather.

• Material: Most of these appear to be Pitkin Chert or Boone Chert. Pitkin is particularly common in North Central Arkansas and is known for its dark, often bluish-black to charcoal-grey color.