Preform?

[johnreb1980]

Hi, I was wondering if this a preform or just a natural rock? I have been meaning to post it for a while. Maybe you can tell me if it is a keeper of something I can throw in the driveway,thanks Jonathon.

 

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[Jonnyreb]

Well, being that a preform is considered an "almost finished" point, I wouldnt say its that, but it does have some definate workmanship on it. Its either a "blank" carried from the quarry to work into a point or tool later on or use in trade, or its a scaraping and cutting tool as is.
DONT throw it in your driveway!!
Go back to that spot and find some more stuff!!

 

[luckyinkentucky]

It looks to me like something that was knocked off of a spall. In other words, it looks like left over scraps from flint knapping.

 

[wannabeafinder]

I agree with Johnniereb, I would keep it, I mount pieces like this in my collection and they look nice. Not worth anything but the history of a people so smart it makes the rest of us look stupid. They carried pieces like this to finish later and if you look hard you can make out the outline for fingers. Pieces like this were also used as tools and perhaps we will never understand but that's why we collect.

 

[luckyinkentucky]

2nd pic shows slight working on the right side, must have been a buffalo walked by and he dropped it

I don't see any 'work' on the right side. It looks like a typical pressure flake to me. The material tends to 'pop' or 'tear' unevenly as opposed to a percussion flake. Also, heat treated rock get's that 'popped' appearance to it sometimes. It's just uneven material, and not 'work'.

 

[Airborne80]

In the second photo.... on the upper left side... I see the face of a sad woman looking out at us!!!

 

[Ohio_Doug]

In the second photo.... on the upper left side... I see the face of a sad woman looking out at us!!!

I see it too But........ I see her smiling

 

[drumking12]

This is what I see...

 

[Ohio_Doug]

This is what I see, looks almost like a photo

 

[Rich in Houston]

It's been worked.. May have been a little thumb scraper. looks to be small.