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SINGLE SPURRED This combination graver and side-scraper was found during
the excavation
of the Phil Stratton site in 2005. The bulb of percussion, where the
blade was struck from the core, is still evident on the end even though
it has been partially trimmed away by pressure flaking. This graver
/ side-scraper is made of St. Genevieve chert and it measures 2 1/4
inches (5.7 cm) long. By Michael Richard
Gramly
This finely crafted combination side-scraper and graver, made of St.
Genevieve chert, was excavated from the Phil Stratton site in Logan
County, southwestern Kentucky (Gramly 2005). The Phil Stratton site is a
closed or single-component encampment of the Cumberland archaeological
culture. Completed fluted projectile points, point preforms, a variety
of scrapers and utilized flakes – most made on prismatic blades –
are among the 200 flaked tools recovered to date (7-22-05).
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