This is the one she was most excited about finding as it had a rare ribbon pattern. I'm not a historical archaeologist, so I'm probably not describing it properly, but I do know how to draw it!The second image is a bone antler flaker found at the Dog Child site at Wannaskawin in Saskatoon.
Flakers were used for breaking stone for the manufacturing of stone tools by Aboriginal peoples all across the globe. This flaker's point would have been used to pressure flake small pieces away from the stone core. This act would refine a tool's edges and give it a characteristic shape, such as a Gowen or Mummy Cave projectile point shape. The other end of the flaker had been shaved into a shovel-like shape. This portion of the artifact would likely have been used to notch the ends of the point, allowing for the tool to be lashed onto a handle or shaft.
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