The artifact at 3:20 is an abrader for grinding and polishing out a flat groove in a surface that could’ve been used on wood, dried pottery, or soft stone. The one at 5:55 is a stone ax polisher. Another possibility about the rectangular stone at 11:10 is that it was also used as a grindstone and the diagonal line was put across the one side to create a biting edge so that could dig into something that was a little harder than normal sort of like when you are using a plane to shave wood. I have several of these. I actually made one to see what it would do and you would not believe the results. I waslaughing out loud because it worked really well. Some of these stones were multi tools and were used and reused and repurposed for several different things. This is what I have found.
@csluau5913 It's hard to say what all they could have been used for. It's part of the fun trying to figure it out. For the most part, we know what points and blades were used for.
@ I am telling you that’s actually what those stones were used for because I have similar items in my collection and I took them to a person who is Native American and in charge of their cultural history museum. He told me that this is what these particular things were used for and showed me what to look for. The long shallow indentations or grooves on a stone usually meant they were used as abraders, and the concave rounded cup shape that is open at one end indicates it was used to polish a stone ax. The polisher stones and abraders are the equivalent of a sharpening and smoothing kit for a modern ax made of carbon steel. Stones were used before metal even by our own ancestors in Europe. Over there, the stone axes were called CELTS… usually they go back about 3000 years or more. That means the tools that were used to make them are the same age, roughly. That experimented a lot with making different types of tools to see what they might’ve been used for, and even though the archaeologists completely dismissed the economic features of a stone tool it is crucial in diagnosing what that tool was used for. If you can see where it was handled and stained, and the weathering and wear and tear and you can find a working edge, then you know how they were used. The same is true for grindstones. I’ve been studying grindstones for the last two years with assistance from a professional archaeologist who is the foremost in rhinestone technology in the world. She lives in Arizona. She is now retired. I’ve learned a lot from that woman, and from a couple of people I knew when I lived overseas and did amateur archaeological excavations over there. It’s very different finding things in creeks and fields over here though. Similar but different.
@csluau5913 I understand your desire for certainty. And for some tools, we probably have that. It sounds as if you have worked with some knowledgeable archeologists, and I am a bit envious. The ones I have worked with are knowledgeable about the technical aspects of archeology, but not so much with what they find. They tend to side on what is certain and known and shy away from any speculation. Seems no one wants to buck the current narrative. I think it's a big drag on the science.
@ funny that they would keep the walnut stains on them that long in the water.l find a lot of them like that under the ground all stained up. you would think the stain would disappear?
The artifact at 3:20 is an abrader for grinding and polishing out a flat groove in a surface that could’ve been used on wood, dried pottery, or soft stone. The one at 5:55 is a stone ax polisher. Another possibility about the rectangular stone at 11:10 is that it was also used as a grindstone and the diagonal line was put across the one side to create a biting edge so that could dig into something that was a little harder than normal sort of like when you are using a plane to shave wood. I have several of these. I actually made one to see what it would do and you would not believe the results. I waslaughing out loud because it worked really well. Some of these stones were multi tools and were used and reused and repurposed for several different things. This is what I have found.
@csluau5913 It's hard to say what all they could have been used for. It's part of the fun trying to figure it out. For the most part, we know what points and blades were used for.
@ I am telling you that’s actually what those stones were used for because I have similar items in my collection and I took them to a person who is Native American and in charge of their cultural history museum. He told me that this is what these particular things were used for and showed me what to look for. The long shallow indentations or grooves on a stone usually meant they were used as abraders, and the concave rounded cup shape that is open at one end indicates it was used to polish a stone ax. The polisher stones and abraders are the equivalent of a sharpening and smoothing kit for a modern ax made of carbon steel. Stones were used before metal even by our own ancestors in Europe. Over there, the stone axes were called CELTS… usually they go back about 3000 years or more. That means the tools that were used to make them are the same age, roughly. That experimented a lot with making different types of tools to see what they might’ve been used for, and even though the archaeologists completely dismissed the economic features of a stone tool it is crucial in diagnosing what that tool was used for. If you can see where it was handled and stained, and the weathering and wear and tear and you can find a working edge, then you know how they were used. The same is true for grindstones. I’ve been studying grindstones for the last two years with assistance from a professional archaeologist who is the foremost in rhinestone technology in the world. She lives in Arizona. She is now retired. I’ve learned a lot from that woman, and from a couple of people I knew when I lived overseas and did amateur archaeological excavations over there. It’s very different finding things in creeks and fields over here though. Similar but different.
@csluau5913 I understand your desire for certainty. And for some tools, we probably have that. It sounds as if you have worked with some knowledgeable archeologists, and I am a bit envious. The ones I have worked with are knowledgeable about the technical aspects of archeology, but not so much with what they find. They tend to side on what is certain and known and shy away from any speculation. Seems no one wants to buck the current narrative. I think it's a big drag on the science.
Nice Pieces . Thanks for sharing your knowledge…
Have a great day.
Good job ,nice tools
Last video! Thanks for sharing
They all dug .or surface finds.
@@DavidDelorenzo-tn5he mostly creek finds.
@ funny that they would keep the walnut stains on them that long in the water.l find a lot of them like that under the ground
all stained up. you would think the stain would disappear?
@DavidDelorenzo-tn5he Stones that are somewhat permeable will hold oil stains for a very long time. Sometimes for thousands of years .
Nice. Those look very similar to the ones I'm finding here in NH.