Interesting little piece....

[Arrow1492]

Interesting little Piece. Likely Burlington chert. Worked on one Side. Steep edges and some limited side work. From Illinois. is this a scraper or crude point? Any idea of culture?

 

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[Tnmountains]

Hard to say Arrow. They might have used it or given up and chunked it. It is like a lot of field finds that are worn out and thrown away. It is like most of my collection! Lol.

 

[Mark Todd]

Hard to say Arrow. They might have used it or given up and chunked it. It is like a lot of field finds that are worn out and thrown away. It is like most of my collection! Lol.

I'd have to agree with Tnmountains, it's definitely something, but "what", a rough knife, atlatl dart, a crude Arrow head, who knows, but discarded I doubt, I doubt very much that chert of that quality was tossed aside ,that lithiic was a mainstay element and highly utilized.