Flaking or pecking?

[Fred250]

Originally thought this was flaking but now think it is pecked finger slots?




Not sure where it came from likely the son from rye beach or a walk we took along the local river.

 

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[Fred250]

The working edge when gripped with slots. Simple yet effective.

 

[joshuaream]

Simple yet effective.

Yes, hands are simple yet very effective. It's amazing how they can grip natural rocks well enough that many people are convinced they are tools.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Sorry, it is a rock with natural erosion. Better luck next time

 

[Rookster]

I definitely maybe agree.

 

[Indian Steve]

I definitely, definitely agree.

 

[Fred250]

Yes, hands are simple yet very effective. It's amazing how they can grip natural rocks well enough that many people are convinced they are tools.

I guess I see it as it is amazing how many simple tools are just laying around, makes me wonder just how many people lived in my area and for how long.

 

[Charl]

It takes time to develop an eye for distinguishing natural from man made. Wrong time of year for agricultural fields, they're heavy with crop, but by Fall and Winter, try fields near fresh water, with permission, and after soaking rains, and you'll score eventually.

 

[Charl]

I guess I see it as it is amazing how many simple tools are just laying around, makes me wonder just how many people lived in my area and for how long.

In the southern New England states, very populous, more so in some time periods then others. For roughly the last 13,000 years. We're not the most artifact rich region, and most are buried, but still enough to find if you know where to look and what to actually look for. Use Google Earth or Maps, locate agricultural fields near fresh water, get permission to walk them. There are a few areas in Ma where fields can be found.

Just have to put yourself in the right place and learn to recognize both evidence, like actual flakes, and actual worked pieces, like points, scrapers, etc. If you do things on a hit and miss basis, "maybe this is an artifact, maybe that is", instead of learning the lithics used and type of artifacts to be found, you're in for a long, long search. Hit and miss is just not the way to go about it. You're not going to fail to recognize an obvious projectile point. So just go about it the right way so you'll walk where you can find them.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I guess I see it as it is amazing how many simple tools are just laying around, makes me wonder just how many people lived in my area and for how long.

That is not a Tool of any type.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Fred you got to brake yourself from this bad habit. Get some good books or just go on line and read,read,read.