SWEETWATER BIFACE
NOLAN COUNTY, TEXAS
CHARLEY SHEWEY COLLECTION

   The Sweetwater Biface is one of the most skillfully percussion

flaked bifaces ever found in North America. The ancient craftsman

who made it had mastered the flintknapping skill of percussion

flaking. Since it is so well made it's intended use may have been

for ceremonial purposes or it could have been used as a knife.

This biface may be related to the Caddoan Culture and may date

to approximately A.D. 1300 to A.D. 1500. It measures 9 7/16 inches

long, 3 3/8 inches wide and 3/16 of an inch thick.

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