What is this. Orange County NY

[denden896]

Found this where I frequently find arrowheads, found in Orange County NY. Looked a lot different from all the other rocks.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Sorry, I just couldn't stop myself..

 

[newnan man]

I think a rock.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Quartzite. Very common in the glacial till.

 

[opalboy]

The end has some evidence of hitting something, I have some pestles that have the similar shape.

 

[opalboy]

Here are two I have, bought a collection of western artifacts.
It looks like the green ones end was chipped at some point and then polished through work.

 

[denden896]

Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to have polish on it. Maybe a bit on the end that isn’t completely broken. But thought I would take it just in case because I’ve found other artifacts in the area

 

[dirstscratcher]

Roller pestle, fairly common in the Midwest, and very common to have battered ends.

 

[denden896]

Hope someone from my area could have some input, waiting for Edward j lenik to have another event by me. He’s the top archeologist in my area.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I think the top one is made from schist.

 

[k0bgalan]

Some are shapped like Dino leavings?

 

[Charl]

Hope someone from my area could have some input, waiting for Edward j lenik to have another event by me. He’s the top archeologist in my area.

I’ve known Ed for many years. Helped him record a petroglyph site in RI in the 1980’s. Some of my photos and artifacts are in his books.

If that’s battering on the ends, maybe it was used as a hammerstone. Does not look worked into shape, but battering on the ends of a rock usually catches my eye. I had a site that produced several oval quartzite cobble hammerstones, with battering at both ends. In the case of that one site, all selected to use were the exact same type of quartzite. Here’s one with battering on both ends.

Your rock would be an unusual shape for a hammerstone. It’s more of a pestle shape. Most hammerstones are simply picked up and used, so for most hand held hammerstones, no manufacturing evidence will be present, but the battering at the ends is usage wear, and usage wear is one of the two types of evidence that allows us to identify artifacts and distinguish from geofacts(the other being evidence of manufacture). That might be usage wear at the ends.