Georgia and Alabama tools

[antmike915]

Pictures 1-2 same piece


Pictures 3-5 same piece



Pictures 6-8 same piece




Pictures 9-10 same piece



Artifact 1&2 found in Henry County Alabama and artifact 3&4 found in Worth County Georgia.

 

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[smallfoot]

Are those with the red color stained? or is that the color of the material? Beauties all!

 

[antmike915]

I think the red is probably stained from red clay. The dirt at the site is very odd, some dark red clay in some parts, normal grayish white in some and other areas the dirt has a yellow tint. As far as I know there's a stream close buy but it's small now.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Those look like early stage bifaces that were abandoned for whatever reason. Gary

 

[Tony in SC]

Great color! Might not be finished but would still make good bone crackers?

 

[uniface]

All were, IMHO, primarily flake cores. Since they had edges, they could have been used to do whatever in addition.

 

[antmike915]

I always thought that pictures 9-10 was a chipped axe, it's actually pretty thin compared to the others.

 

[joshuaream]

Cool tools. I'd lean towards cores that could eventually work as adzes as they were thinned out. Abandoned biface is also correct.

 

[BenjaminE]

Bill, How do I reach you by email?

Ben

 

[Tnmountains]

The farther I go south the more red the rocks become. Especially in Alabama. Nice worked pieces.

 

[willjo]

Last on is a Guilford ax

 

[antmike915]

Thanks willjo, all the pieces look better in person; pictures don't give them justice.