whats it for

[gwhitson]

what's it for

found this the other day and can't figure out what it would b used for,any ideas?

 

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[SOHIO]

you have a nice little "end scraper" there ...what state are you in ? hard to tell what it was used for specifically but general ..scraping. Some were made for specific purposes and some have named types. Knowing the state your from will help id any typology on things you post. cool pc.

 

[GatorBoy]

just in case you didn't already know that was " hafted" connected to a handle probably bone or wood the wider end was the working end while the smaller end was inserted into the handle.

 

[gwhitson]

nw ar

 

[birdpointgriswold]

altered by aliens

Johnathan Griswold

 

[GatorBoy]

haha

 

[Neogeo]

In my neck of the woods that would be a Celt or Hoe....Afine tool..

 

[GatorBoy]

seriously... a ho the size of your thumb. do you wash your floor with a toothbrush?

 

[GatorBoy]

could be a celt though.. I mean someone had to make the toothpicks right?

 

[birdpointgriswold]

In my neck of the woods that would be a Celt or Hoe....Afine tool..

Hoe......fosho....

Johnathan Griswold

 

[birdpointgriswold]

I would rather dig with my hands

Johnathan Griswold

 

[Neogeo]

seriously... a ho the size of your thumb. do you wash your floor with a toothbrush?

Small too for a small job........Oh and no need to be crass......you asked what was thought of it and I answered.

 

[GatorBoy]

all crassness aside... a job for a hoe that small would be done with the fingers.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[capsmith]

Broken arrow head, that has been rework, to be used as a scraper.Normally sharped just on one side.

 

[GatorBoy]

did you see the photo at all?

 

[GatorBoy]

here is 1 of my arrowheads.. well actually dart point that has been broken and reworked. the piece that started this thread. is a complete tool.

 

[Gold Maven]

looks like an end scraper to me. pics a little fuzzy. They all have one worked side, and the other is naturaly fractured smooth surface with a curve to it. Easily over looked in a field, but a very nice artifact.
I've got a board full, i like to find 'em.

 

[GatorBoy]

thought I would add not all of them are uni-facial. I found this 1 about 2 months ago in the area of the springs in central florida. it's completely bi-facial. different style of the same tool. hafted using a notch. we call them clamshell scrapers just because of the shape.

 

[capsmith]

Here is what I was talking about some are bases and some are points that have been reworked to make into a scraper.