Abstract Throughout the Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland trade and exchange of exotic or highly knappable materials was present throughout North America. One item of trade significance to the Middle Atlantic is chert, specifically jasper. Jasper is iron-rich, cryptocrystalline rock that is deposited in between limestone and/or sandstone, or it originated within gravel deposits from glacial or tributary movement. Access to jasper as a knappable material was from the quarries that are located in...