Derek752
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Ok...there are many many thousands of goofy odd shaped crazy looking stones that catch our eye out there !!! 
But I spyed this grooved stone at the same site I've found the carvings and brass points etc etc etc . I saw it and picked it up and though it was rather odd so I kept it.
Brought it home and washed it off and put on the top shelf of my entertainment center so it could collect some dust.
Then I read this : The pottery from the site is distinctive, although typically Iroquoian none of the potsherds bear the characteristic incisions on the lower edge of the rim which is a decoration common to the bowls from other prehistoric sites Among the rarer decorations on the bowls from the site are the corn-cob and the cord impressions and the imitation of the stitches made in ornamenting baskets with porcupine quills. Articles of earthenware are more common than those of chipped stone. I have found only one celt with the cutting edge and this specimen was imperfect. The other fragments of celts were from the handle portion. Two chipped stone implements of granite with blunt faces instead of a cutting edge are rather unique in that they seem to have been employed for hammering, although they may be remnants of large pestles as they are two and a half and three inches in diameter. One thread-stone has been found on the site. ""It is grooved deeply by the wearing of thongs which were pulled across it to smooth and round off the leather.""
Could it be the type of stone described to smooth leather straps ?? Or is it another of those strange stones carved by mother nature
Take Care ....
Derek
But I spyed this grooved stone at the same site I've found the carvings and brass points etc etc etc . I saw it and picked it up and though it was rather odd so I kept it.
Brought it home and washed it off and put on the top shelf of my entertainment center so it could collect some dust.
Then I read this : The pottery from the site is distinctive, although typically Iroquoian none of the potsherds bear the characteristic incisions on the lower edge of the rim which is a decoration common to the bowls from other prehistoric sites Among the rarer decorations on the bowls from the site are the corn-cob and the cord impressions and the imitation of the stitches made in ornamenting baskets with porcupine quills. Articles of earthenware are more common than those of chipped stone. I have found only one celt with the cutting edge and this specimen was imperfect. The other fragments of celts were from the handle portion. Two chipped stone implements of granite with blunt faces instead of a cutting edge are rather unique in that they seem to have been employed for hammering, although they may be remnants of large pestles as they are two and a half and three inches in diameter. One thread-stone has been found on the site. ""It is grooved deeply by the wearing of thongs which were pulled across it to smooth and round off the leather.""
Could it be the type of stone described to smooth leather straps ?? Or is it another of those strange stones carved by mother nature
Take Care ....
Derek
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