A Mortar and a Heartbreaker

[stryker-one]

Was out today in a field that I have been finding a lot of flakes and spalling from point knapping--and yet I had to that point not found a projectile point.

First I found the front portion of the knife and then I found the mortar. Take a look.

Stryker

[mamabear]

wow! that is beautiful! good find!

[The Grim Reaper]

Very cool Mortar. It almost looks like a cereal bowl. lol

[d2]

That is a good one...d2

[Cannonman17]

Dang! That's a cool piece- well formed

[pickaway]

Congrats on the find...

[unitas]

That mortar is very cool, nicely done.

unitas

[stryker-one]

Thank you everyone for your comments. I wish I could find the other half of that knife

Stryker

[creekhunter]

Sweet finds!

[stryker-one]

TT, thanks for your input.

I am not sure--most of the grinding tools I am familiar with is of desert type. Manos and Metates. Mostly those are made of lava rock and rectangular in shape.

I called this a mortar because I did not know the name for a small bowl sized artifact that I was sure was used to grind something.

I am still trying to determine it's pedigree

Stryker