Artifacts Or Not?

[Jarl]

Hello,

Here follows some finds that may or may not be artifacts. Obviously the majority of these are so-called 'nutting stones'...which from what I have gathered fall into the 50/50 category based on what many others have said or believe. Some are likely to be, and yet others I simply collected just because, that is without any prior hopes that I was finding an endless supply of artifacts lol. My personal feeling on nutting stones, is that as I find so many of them...not all of them are or can be artifacts. I think that the stones for whatever reason have always been found with holes already in them, without human intervention, but primitive cultures it is believed could have exploited and taken advantage of what nature had already done. So, they could find a stone with little indentations and find them useful in containing and mauling seeds or acorns or whatever. Less work and expended energy translates to salvaged efficiency and productivity...naturally.

Anyway, a few items here are what seem to be partially worked stone implements, in this case...maybe small flesh scrapers and such(the reddish and brownish items). The yellowish fragment in cross section is quite symmetrically triangular so I am thinking it was more along the lines of a projectile. Again, i could just be thinking wishfully, but i would like to know either way.

Any thoughts and input appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[GatorBoy]

They all look natural to me except for a few possible scrapers in the bottom row. " The flint pieces"

 

[outlawatheart]

IMO your flint all seem to be worked pieces. most of the rocks with almost holes look to be mostly natural. the round rock bottom right last pic is nice and probably a game or target type artifact, its too smooth to be a pecking stone. You are probably right about some of them being used after the indentions were formed. Good stuff to show thanks.

 

[Jarl]

Cupstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here's a link on the 'cupstones' or 'nutting stones'...they have other names too. But all in all, again, it seems that even if they are an abundantly existing artifact, they aren't gathering as much interest as arrow heads and such.

Thanks for commenting everyone, much appreciated.

 

[GatorBoy]

Omars

 

[quito]

Umm, those for the most part, are not cup stones, we are familiar with those. What you have are just rocks with naturally occurring voids, called omarulluk's. Or omars for short.

https://www.google.com/search?q=oma...IJqmysASr54DADQ&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1123&bih=439

https://www.google.com/search?clien...PMmosQSMrICwCQ&ved=0CCgQBSgB&biw=1123&bih=439

 

[monsterrack]

I will go along with the others only the few on the bottom row looked liked they were worked. You are in the right spot to find a nice artifact. Keep looking and HH.

 

[rock]

bottom row all except the black one. jmo

 

[The Grim Reaper]

These are actual Pitted Stones. If you look closely you can see the difference in what I have posted and yours. Looks at the pits and you can see that all of have been pecked into the stone while yours are all smooth from being created by water erosion.

Hope this helps you understand why yours aren't artifacts/Pitted Stones.

 

[quito]

Hello,

Here follows some finds that may or may not be artifacts. Obviously the majority of these are so-called 'nutting stones'...which from what I have gathered fall into the 50/50 category based on what many others have said or believe. Some are likely to be, and yet others I simply collected just because, that is without any prior hopes that I was finding an endless supply of artifacts lol. My personal feeling on nutting stones, is that as I find so many of them...not all of them are or can be artifacts. I think that the stones for whatever reason have always been found with holes already in them, without human intervention, but primitive cultures it is believed could have exploited and taken advantage of what nature had already done. So, they could find a stone with little indentations and find them useful in containing and mauling seeds or acorns or whatever. Less work and expended energy translates to salvaged efficiency and productivity...naturally.

Anyway, a few items here are what seem to be partially worked stone implements, in this case...maybe small flesh scrapers and such(the reddish and brownish items). The yellowish fragment in cross section is quite symmetrically triangular so I am thinking it was more along the lines of a projectile. Again, i could just be thinking wishfully, but i would like to know either way.

Any thoughts and input appreciated.

Thanks!

here are a few that I have picked up. Note the similarities?

 

[bravowhiskey]

Nice assemblage Jarl. Cedar River finds? Mostly natural but shows you got the eye. Keep looking. Some great examples posted by Grim and Quito. pics and info posted will certainly help others.