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MODERN CAHOKIA POINTS & PIPES
BY GARY MERLIE
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A SELECTION OF CAHOKIA
POINTS
BY GARY MERLIE
A selection of a variety of different styles of Cahokia points made
by Gary Merlie. Included in this group are Triple-Notched,
Multi-Notched, Triple-Notched Serrated and Multi-Notched
Serrated points. The semi-translucent points are made of heat
treated Kaolin chert from southern Illinois. The rest are made
of heat treated Crescent from Missouri. Both of these cherts
were used by the people living on the Cahokia Mounds site in
southern Illinois to make their
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But even after Gary
learned how to do percussion flaking he says he never gets tired of
making Cahokia points. So as he says "it's my favorite point".
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69 COLORFUL CAHOKIA
POINTS
MADE BY GARY MERLIE
This beautiful selection of Cahokia points was made by Gary
Merlie. The colors have been brought out of the stone by
heating it in an oven. The stone is Kaolin chert from Illinois
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It's pretty obvious
as Gary says "I'm a Kaolin junkie like you can't get enough of the
stuff". The majority of his points are made of Kaolin chert from
the old Stone Age quarry sites in southern Illinois. He says he learns
more about the Kaolin quarry district every time he goes down there.
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BY GARY MERLIE
STONE PIPE MADE BY GARY
MERLIE
This late style "T" pipe was made by Gary Merlie. It
was made from a piece if green and red pipestone from southern
Illinois. |
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Gary says that "
it worked out well that I managed to find a source of Kaolin flint,
which was one of the raw materials that, when heated, was used to make
the beautiful original gempoints at Cahokia".
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"REFERENCES"
2002, Personal communications with Gary Merlie.
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