Native american pottery?

[Jartha]

Hello! I am brand new to this site and new to finding/collecting native american artifacts. I recently moved to a property on the Ohio river, very close to Raven rock. I have been told our property was an old native american encampment. The previous owners said they found arrow heads etc. all the time. I found this pottery piece yesterday and it looks old to me based upon the thickness, weight, and color of the clay and decorative color. What do you think?

 

[Jon Stewart]

Might be but it is pretty thick.

 

[Wampum]

It's a rock unfortunately but those striations do look like patterns. A good way to spot pottery even without patterns is by looking at the broken edges. They are jagged and look somewhat porous while the face side and inside edges remain smooth as silk unless they too are broken. I found some today that I'll post for reference.

 

[filmiracl]

It might look like pottery because of the pattern, but it appears to me to be just a rock.

 

[Old Pueblo]

That is stone but if there was an Indian village, there is probably something else around there.

 

[Jartha]

Thanks for the input all! I would never have imagined it was a rock with the grooves and colored parts. I'll keep hunting.