Heat treated Coral blade core

[newnan man]

You can easily see where expedient blades were struck off this core. The core itself is sharp on the edge but shows no wear use. Coral from Pasco County, Florida.

 

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[newnan man]

Here is a pic if it laying flat.

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice tool. We always called them horse hoofs ,lol.
I think finds like that help put a collection or story together.

 

[Relicgrubber]

!!! An Excellent example and made from some prime material Nman! I like it.

 

[newnan man]

I don't know why that 2nd pic showed up? I'm not too slick on posting. We always called them Turtle Back scrapers. I have a couple dozen.

 

[ToddsPoint]

We call those turtle backs around here. If you start with half a ball of Harrison Co flint and remove blades from the hump side you will eventually end up with a nice flat pancake. Then switch to bifacial reduction and make a point.

 

[CreekSide]

Here in Georgia I’ve found 1 or 2 like it but I figured it was a Copena Preform

 

[Relicgrubber]

Judging by the overshot flake removals, conical shape, I would call it a Core here in DETx...

 

[Tesorodeoro]

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You can easily see where expedient blades were struck off this core. The core itself is sharp on the edge but shows no wear use. Coral from Pasco County, Florida. View attachment 2084490

What does the bottom flat side look like? I’m assuming that would be the striking platform. Was just wondering if it had cortex as well.

 

[newnan man]

What does the bottom flat side look like? I’m assuming that would be the striking platform. Was just wondering if it had cortex as well.

Looks like on long smooth flake was struck off. Maybe in someone's collection is a beautiful blue Florida point.

 

[CreekSide]

Someone told me once they were used as a gouge type tool

 

[newnan man]

I have several & none have any edge wear or resharpening on the edges. I think they were just cores/blanks for making blades.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Looks like on long smooth flake was struck off. Maybe in someone's collection is a beautiful blue Florida point.

I’m super interested in this type of artifact because it is evidence of their tool making process. Much more interesting than arrow heads. Kind of gives an indication of what they packed around and how they went about their survival business.

 

[CreekSide]

I’m super interested in this type of artifact because it is evidence of their tool making process. Much more interesting than arrow heads. Kind of gives an indication of what they packed around and how they went about their survival business.

Nothing wrong with the tools that kept them alive.

 

[antmike915]

I have several & none have any edge wear or resharpening on the edges. I think they were just cores/blanks for making blades.

I found several like that as well in Hillsborough and Pasco County when I was there. Even a few baybottom chert ones.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Here’s a core I made. To make blades you sit down and put a piece of leather over your legs and put the core between your knees. You use a punch and hammer stone to remove blades. Striking platform has to be properly shaped for each removal.

You can see how last blade off overshot and took off part of hump. Some flint like Harrison Co. will overshot really well and you can end up with nice pancake if original half ball has correct proportions. Grainy flint types don’t overshoot as well.

 

[dognose]

some nice examples.

the material really has nice color

 

[ToddsPoint]

That core is Harrison Co. flint. It has unusual color for a nodule from Harrison Co. If you quarry enough material from a known source you find odd stuff occasionally.