What is this?

[Americus]

I found this last week. What do you think it is?

 

[Newt]

It looks like it was going to be a drill eventually.
Newt

 

[The Grim Reaper]

It looks to me like they were having a really hard time with the material and couldn't get the stacks removed and just gave up on it and discarded it.

 

[Gonehunting]

preform material was to poor to work.

 

[joshuaream]

Those kind of chopper/cleaver/scraper/celt/gouge tools are pretty common in the southeast. I don't think they are preforms, in that an ancient knapper would have just used a thinner spall of material to make a thinner point.

Also, those tools are usually of that tough/grainy material vs flint, in part because it probably is tougher than flint. The edge isn't as fine/sharp, but you could pound on bone/wood and not have the tool shatter.

Joshua

 

[uniface]

From the stacking along the edges, it was probably used (casually) as a heavy duty scraper of some sort.

 

[Th3rty7]

From the stacking along the edges, it was probably used (casually) as a heavy duty scraper of some sort.

I agree, I think it's a finished multipurpose tool, scraper/awl or reamer it has signs of usewear imo.

 

[Tnmountains]

Everyone should know what that is
It used one side to furrow the rows and the other is to drill or plant the peanuts,,,duhhhh !!

HAHA I have to guess used as is,, tool. Nice !!

 

[Produce Guy]

A big rock

 

[shopdog]

I find a few of those from time to time