Charmin
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Grinding holes & nutting rock
We have found a spot along a little creek where there are many grinding holes in the rocks next to the creek.
A couple of days ago, we pulled some of the dirt out of the grind holes but didn't go all the way to the bottom of the holes----after we left, I kept thinking to myself we should have dug them all the way out to see if there was any artifacts or anything stashed in the bottom of them. These holes are really deep, too, and go down at least 10"+, so it was possible that something could still be in them.
So today, my daughters and I went back to this place and my oldest daughter, Josie, sat down with a digger and pulled all the rest of the dirt out....she said "mom there's something in the bottom of this one hole!". After we emptied more dirt out, you could see a rock was wedged down in it. Josie kept working on it until she got it loosened up enough and pulled it out. It was a nutting rock! It has rounded places on in where the Indian woman busted up the hicker-nuts(hickory nuts) or acorns and pounded them into the grind holes.
After she finished cleaning that one hole out, we started looking around for more grind holes and found 2 more for a total of 4 holes in these rocks! Lots of flint(debitage) all around these rocks, too!
From here we walked on up the creek and my youngest daughter, Jennie, found a pretty pink knife/scraper.....Its broken on one end, but she was so happy to find it.
Here's some pictures and thanks for looking!
We have found a spot along a little creek where there are many grinding holes in the rocks next to the creek.
A couple of days ago, we pulled some of the dirt out of the grind holes but didn't go all the way to the bottom of the holes----after we left, I kept thinking to myself we should have dug them all the way out to see if there was any artifacts or anything stashed in the bottom of them. These holes are really deep, too, and go down at least 10"+, so it was possible that something could still be in them.
So today, my daughters and I went back to this place and my oldest daughter, Josie, sat down with a digger and pulled all the rest of the dirt out....she said "mom there's something in the bottom of this one hole!". After we emptied more dirt out, you could see a rock was wedged down in it. Josie kept working on it until she got it loosened up enough and pulled it out. It was a nutting rock! It has rounded places on in where the Indian woman busted up the hicker-nuts(hickory nuts) or acorns and pounded them into the grind holes.
After she finished cleaning that one hole out, we started looking around for more grind holes and found 2 more for a total of 4 holes in these rocks! Lots of flint(debitage) all around these rocks, too!
From here we walked on up the creek and my youngest daughter, Jennie, found a pretty pink knife/scraper.....Its broken on one end, but she was so happy to find it.
Here's some pictures and thanks for looking!
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lol! Sorry I had to. 
