What did I find?

[Out Of Time]

Curious about this small stone tablet I found while hunting points in Napa, CA.

There seems to be a faint trace of red pigment on one side but it's only visible in certain light.

Maybe a un-drilled pendant or perhaps a game piece?

 

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[arrow86]

BTW, I hope it ok for me to post your pic on arrowheads.com. I know they would be interested.

Yeah go for it [emoji106]... I’ll have to check that site out I don’t think I have before
Here’s a different take a little brighter .. I think it was a pendant maybe unfinished drawing ?

 

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[Out Of Time]

You should check out that site. Good community with lots of knowledge. Overlaps with here a bit, I reckon.

Read what I posted from Heizer. I think it nails what I've found.

Complete painted stone tablet which seems to be unique to Napa region and quite rare.

 

[quito]

Can you get it under a scope somehow?

that might reveal a lot.

 

[Out Of Time]

I've examined it with a loop but it doesn't reveal much more.

Like bad audio doesn't get better by turning up the volume.

I think arrow86's efforts are as good as we'll get. I don't think there's much else to see. Maybe a black light might show something...otherwise that's it.

My main concern is to protect it from fading more, so it's in a box and won't get in the display.

 

[GoldieLocks]

The stone tools may be pretty valuable:
Ancient America: Stone Quarries | Native American Netroots
or you may be interested in reading:
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2...national-parks/people-s-history-sierra-nevada

 

[Out Of Time]

Great links, thanks.

 

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[Missouri Breaks]

The flat piece looks like Blueschist maybe. Might be referred to as California Slate sometimes, but the schists were used for a lot of things including pendants and the material isn’t always blue. It can be greyish to almost black. If it’s found at a site where it’s not occurring naturally then, obviously it was brought there by the Wappo or Coast Miwok as the case may be. The translucent obsidian point/blade is very fine and I really like the odd shaped point one that just seems to be missing the base or it’s a flat base by design. The glossy black one also very cool, maybe one of those fatter cascade’s.