Some skills of the Ancients

[DC]

Cool, give us something to look for and confuse the hell out of the archaeologists

[Hawkdancer]

Either that or drop it all in about a 1/4 mile area near a good campsite, or hunting point !
Hawkdancer

[bjrogg]

I've got a Cessna Zuma
Bjrogg

[Zuma]

Good ideas guys but bj I would bet we would
not leave the air space over your farm.
Zuma


Some grooved stone hammers and some pestels

[bjrogg]

Yup your probably right Zuma that is a fantastic collection sir.
Bjrogg

[Trapper Rob]

That's one heck of a collection Don.

[Zuma]

Thank you good buddy. I hope I see you soon.

I found this mortar with three pestle stones in
a NC peanut field
Zuma

[GlisGlis]

Some grooved stone hammers and some pestels

Pretty curious image
It looks like the grooves where made by hitting the stone several times with another implement rather than grinding
wonder why the used that technique

[Zuma]

Glis, Pecking removes more material quicker. Used as an
 intermediate stage when the final goal is polishing.
Here  are various stone tools. Scrapers, saw, possible
potters tools, pendant, Chunky stone and a piece
from my buddies attic that may be Viking  not abo(hole)
Zuma

[bjrogg]

Zuma my mom found a stone once on the beach. It was kinda flat a circular. It had a perfect hole in it similar to the one you just showed. No one seems to know what happened to it. It was one thing I really would have liked to have gotten when my mom passed. Always wondered what it was. Wish I had a picture of it. This hole didn't have any tapper.
Bjrogg

[Zuma]

BJ
Your stone is the umbilical we hope will never get broken.
Thank you for letting me express my thoughts in this way.
Zuma

[BowEd]

Amazing collection Zuma.

[Zuma]

I totally agree Beadman. You know that you are blessed when the universe
presents you with such magnificent treasure. And also allows you to share
 it with folks like you all
Zuma
These points are from individual sites.
Zuma

[Eric Krewson]

I hunted artifacts for a lot of my early years and came to the conclusion that most of the points we find around village sites are failures that were cast aside, they are much too crudely knapped.

I found a few points with no association to village or camp sites that were as perfectly knapped as what we see from today's best hobby knappers. I suspect these points were in actual use when they were lost.

It doesn't make sense for  an early hunter to risk his success on a poorly knapped, dull point like we find in abundance at plowed village sites.

[Zuma]

I think you are seeing things that way Eric but remember, most points were made at sites so there are rejects and exhausted points that are swapped out for new ones and of course modern equipment that does a number on all artifacts. The type of material available to the folks, makes a major difference in point construction as well. I agree that a point lost afield has a better chance of being most proper.   
Interesting observation Eric
Zuma
Here are some from a camp site where there was virtually no reduction, It was done 20 miles back down the vally.