Big Quartzite Chunk

[Tdog]

What do you guys think it is? E.C. Alabama find.

 

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[Quartzite Keith]

Well, I don't know but I've got a bunch that look like that in my chip pile that I've made over the years. It looks like a biface that failed fairly early in production. When they snap at that thickness it is almost always due to a crack, seam, bedding plane, or whatever you want to call it that creates a weakness in the rock. Lots of that kind of nonsense in quartzite. If so, though, almost certainly would be found near the rock source and should be associated with other debitage. If not, maybe a flake core?

 

[unclemac]

yeah, quartzite is a problematic stone to work.

 

[Relicgrubber]

Def has been modified by man. Pretty cool Terry.

 

[joshuaream]

I think Keith is correct (as usual when it comes to reduction/knapping things.)

It looks worked, it looks like it didn’t work well, and it looks like the knapper didn’t want to spent much time fiddling with something that probably wouldn’t produce what he wanted to produce.

 

[arrow86]

I think it also would work quite well cutting as a knife / scraper ..... btw nice pool lol

 

[gilmerman]

That looks like what we call sugar quartz here in N. Ga.. I have a few points and knives of this same color and looking stone. Some large and some small.I wonder why this material was used as its not sharp and none are unbroken. However, I'm old but not ancient. Enjoyed this post, pictures, discussions.

 

[TundraPlugger]

I would call that a very early stage preform or knife. Real good size to it. I find stuff called Swan River chert around my area sometimes that is kind of similar but a little more fine grained. Still some tough stuff to work.