by Larry Shaver, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 2015 Central States Archaeological Journal
It all started in 1984 when I worked for the Tenneco Oil Company in Oklahoma City. One Friday during the lunch hour, I went to Dot Buchanan’s monthly antique show at the Oklahoma City Fair-Grounds. While looking around at all of the antique dealer’s goods, I came upon a frame of flint arrowheads for sale. The dealer, Jay Evets of Yoder, Colorado told me that they were all found by a woman on McFadden Beach, which is in Sabine County, Texas.
I saw a beautiful and unusual Clovis point in the frame. I studied it and really liked the atypical way that it had been made. On one side it was flaked and had a flute. The back side was perfectly flat with one short flute. It was beautifully made and very different than normal Clovis points. I bought it from the dealer and went back to work.
I showed my new purchase to my secretary, Judie, and she loved it. She was really enthused about how great it looked. She said she would love to find one like that and asked where it was found originally. I told her that it was found on McFadden Beach in Sabine County, Texas.
Several weeks later, she took some vacation time and took her mother to Texas to see her sister. While they were visiting, she took them to McFadden Beach to look for arrowheads like the one I had shown her. They all searched and behold, her Mother found an almost exact duplicate of the one I had just recently acquired. It is a different color, tan or light brown, but is made exactly the same way as the one I have.
Judie brought it to the office when she got back and showed it to me. I was amazed that it was constructed the same way and it appears that they were both made by the same person. Wow!
I have included pictures with the two points side by side showing the duplication of the construction of these points. The dark brown point is the one I bought at the antique show. The lighter brown or tan color point is the one that Judie’s Mother found at the beach. They are both nearly the same length, width and thickness (3 ½ X 1 X ¼ inches).
At some point in the future I would love to acquire the Clovis that Judie has, so I can display it next to the one I have. Good Luck!
TWO OF A KIND – That is awesome!