Hammerstone or just a stone?

[jeramme]

Still hard for me to identify stone tools...looking for your insight. Thanks!

 

[russau]

My guess is hammer stones !

 

[dognose]

it looks like a natural stone to me.

most hammer stones i found are pocked with many impact strikes on the faces, and are more rounded from years of use.

this looks like a igneous granite like stone to me.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

What was the context? Was it dug from a site or randomly found along the river? In my mind, if came from the bottom of a settlement it carries a bunch more authenticity compared to a random find unless the settlement was a gravel bar. I find MANY useful hard rocks along the river.

 

[jeramme]

Thanks all! It was found in close proximity to a known habitation sight...close to the river. The reasons I thought it might be an artifact was that there seemed to be a patina on it...and I thought the bottom side had an identation that may have been pecked or worked.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Thanks all! It was found in close proximity to a known habitation sight...close to the river. The reasons I thought it might be an artifact was that there seemed to be a patina on it...and I thought the bottom side had an identation that may have been pecked or worked.

There does not appear to be any evidence of it being used to hammer.

I think this might be one of those forever undetermined objects.

 

[CreekSide]

Looks natural

 

[unclemac]

its a pebble too.... not useful as a hammer stone

 

[Lone Star]

Still hard for me to identify stone tools...looking for your insight. Thanks!

That's one of the prettiest hammer stones I've ever seen.

 

[dirstscratcher]

I think the fat end is the business end, more likely a pestle and not a hammer.

 

[ToddsPoint]

For pounding a stake or food preparation about any hammerstone would do. For tool making, like flint knapping and pecking out an axe requires a special stone. For knapping, you need a heavy igneous or quartz rock. Your igneous rock would be perfect for breaking up a good sized nodule of flint. I like igneous rocks with a slightly more gritty surface. For finish work, a smaller hammerstone would be necessary. For making an axe or celt, you need a rock that is harder than the axe preform. Since your igneous rock is the exact type of rock axes are made from, you would need a piece of quartz or hard chert to peck it. This is a quartz hammerstone found on an Indian campsite. After much use it will eventually take on a rounded shape. This would have been used to peck igneous rocks into celts and axes.

 

[unclemac]

and don't forget antler tines either... I have some nice examples of tools with obvious tine marks.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Looks natural, see no signs of it being used by man.

 

[newnan man]

Agree, it's a river rock.

 

[russau]

Couldn't rounded Granit river washed rock be used as a Hammer Stone ? Couldn't this black stone pictured above be used for a Hammer Stone ? I've found several stones that are about the size of a baseball and are heavy and appears to me a Granite material . Obviously NOT used by anyone as a tool yet , BUT getting ready to try out as soon as I get some material to try it out on .

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Couldn't rounded Granit river washed rock be used as a Hammer Stone ? Couldn't this black stone pictured above be used for a Hammer Stone ? I've found several stones that are about the size of a baseball and are heavy and appears to me a Granite material . Obviously NOT used by anyone as a tool yet , BUT getting ready to try out as soon as I get some material to try it out on .

Could be used yes, but with out some kind of physical proof it was used it is just a river rock not indian artifact, other wise every rock in a river becomes "artifact" if that makes sense. 😁

 

[russau]

YES I completely agree with your comment and I see on the net LOTS of "hammer stones" listed for sale and they're the very same "river rock" that I have found for free .... sometimes people need to think before they shell out hard earned cash for items !

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

YES I completely agree with your comment and I see on the net LOTS of "hammer stones" listed for sale and they're the very same "river rock" that I have found for free .... sometimes people need to think before they shell out hard earned cash for items !

There are so many bogas "indian artifacts" for sale on the net, then we have the "pareidolia driven artifacts", being sold to inexperienced buyers.

 

[unclemac]

....you aint just whistling Dixie....just look up "shaman stone" on ebay for a good laugh...

Shaman Stone in Native American: US for sale | eBay

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[unclemac]

if it is a contest ... I win!!!

read this amazing ignorant listing and look at the pix....$2,700.... marked down from $6,750....

Native American Chumash Shaman Stone Beads & Pendant with 35 Incised Petroglyphs | eBay

From our translations of the petroglyphs on shamanic rock and stones, it is obvious that the Chumash had a clearer understanding of the planets and stars than the Spanish did in the late 1700s when missions were being established and the old ways of the Chumash were banned.

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