My soapstone fragments

[CreekSide]

Here are some I’ve found here in NW Georgia in the creeks. One has a repair hole but I guess it didn’t work long enough.

 

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[scruggs]

Nice artifacts!

 

[CreekSide]

I found the one I’m holding in a Early Woodland area where I had found Copenas and a Savannah River point. The rest I wasn’t sure of the time frame.

 

[dognose]

Nice relics.

 

[Older The Better]

I don’t have anything like that around here, I’d have probably just walked right past them, nice saves and interesting stuff… do these and ceramics overlap much or were these bowls quickly abandoned in favor of ceramics?

 

[antmike915]

Nice, I found a soap stone fragment (so I was told) early last year at one of my quartz sites just a little north from Columbus. The same day I found my only 2 pottery sherds that had any type of design.

 

[CreekSide]

I don’t have anything like that around here, I’d have probably just walked right past them, nice saves and interesting stuff… do these and ceramics overlap much or were these bowls quickly abandoned in favor of ceramics?

Most soapstone is from the late archaic period in my area. Some were used and passed down to families for a long period of time. Where I found the one in hand it was below a cave that had a large overhang that had collapsed. You could just barely see the opening. It was just big enough for the local bear to enjoy. I never went in it but I could imagine it opened up inside to a large opening inside by the size of the rock that sat on top. Probably full of treasures and copperheads lol. I’ve lost permission to that property so I will never know.