Lithic Sourcing

Archeologists guide to toolstone sources.

Reed’s Spring Chert

Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Distribution:

 

 

Also gray, blue, white, or green.  Often distinctively mottled or banded.  Jack Ray has documented 9 types (Ray 2007).  Don Dickson described 27 Reed’s Spring variations.

Often heat treated, resulting in a glossy or waxy appearance.

Replica Artifacts made from Reed’s Spring Cherts.

Mississippian

Contact:

Diana Rose Angelo, M.A., R.P.A.

E-mail: lithicsourcing@yahoo.com

Description:

Electronic Links:

Geologic Time and Context:

Geographic Location Map:

Big Eddy-MO

Hogan Creek-MO

Wallace Field-3NW186-AR

Archeological Site Locations:

Photos:

Bibliography:

Don Dickson’s variation 10, Reed’s Spring chert.