Unique adze

[mainejman]

This is a flaked and ground Munsungun chert adze.It is not the norm as Maine adzes go.It is not the usual pecked hardstone adze that I find.I have never seen another example of flaked and ground in Maine...mjm

 

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[welsbury]

Looks like they used that carefully a long time,nice shine on it. Must be a tougher chert.

 

[yakker]

Isn't that interesting. I wonder- was it found in a still water area or where it might have been tossed around a bit? Or did you dig it? Hard to tell from the pics if the flaking was intentional or incidental.

 

[mainejman]

No this was dug with no water deterioration. The type of stone would not have been pecked...leaving flaking as the only means...mjm

 

[yakker]

Thanks for that. I just looked up that kind of chert and now have a much better understanding of what I'm looking at.