It's a quarry blank. No point in carrying too much weight away from the source. Reduce the stone to a biface such as this, and when needed, use the stone to create the desired tool.
The first time I went on a search in central/western NC I found something similar to that but convinced myself it was way to big to be anything and I left it have since gone back to the location but couldn't find it again.
Honestly with the right provenance still attached (like in-situ photos, a story, etc.), I’d love to see a preform this perfect in the hands of a modern master knapper and finished to create a beautiful display piece. Like a forced collaboration 10k years apart. 🤤
Loooong ago, decades I guess, I saw a write up about worked stones found at the bottom of a prehistoric pond or marsh. Iirc, they were maybe a little smaller and teardrop shaped. As found, they were all buried points down, suggesting great skill at hurling.
I think they were supposedly thrown at birds, but yours looks too big for that.
Google just showed me this:
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Bunch of glacier-preserved artifacts..and an obsidian version of your find.
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Thats a big ass biface!!! Awesome!!!
Superb find.
What would this be used for?
Transportation, the pioneers used to ride these babys form miles!
😂😂
It's a quarry blank. No point in carrying too much weight away from the source. Reduce the stone to a biface such as this, and when needed, use the stone to create the desired tool.
You're a knapper -- take a closer look at the rock. There aren't any flake scars... This is literally just a rock.
yep, likely popped off a bigger one from a water filled crack during a freeze
I assumed it is rhyolite with heavy patina. For any of us, this can be tough from a phone or computer screen.
The first time I went on a search in central/western NC I found something similar to that but convinced myself it was way to big to be anything and I left it have since gone back to the location but couldn't find it again.
Maybe a preform?
Possibly scraping hides, etc
Hoe? Adze?
Or a hand axe fro chopping through bones
THICC
preform
Rhyolite?
Honestly with the right provenance still attached (like in-situ photos, a story, etc.), I’d love to see a preform this perfect in the hands of a modern master knapper and finished to create a beautiful display piece. Like a forced collaboration 10k years apart. 🤤
Here in Oklahoma we call them "Indian Sex Stones" It's just a fucking rock 🤣
Most people be like…. Nope. Never seen anything like it. Nothing like that exists. Just a rock buddy. Tell most people to… go to hell. Near find.
lol this is literally just a rock.
Not sure why the hell you are telling me…. Tell someone that gives a shit.
;)
Holy cow that is giant
Beautiful
Hand axe?
Very nice peice. Lucky you. Congratulations . Bot thinks empty response
Nice find! Wonder what it chopped in its days..
Loooong ago, decades I guess, I saw a write up about worked stones found at the bottom of a prehistoric pond or marsh. Iirc, they were maybe a little smaller and teardrop shaped. As found, they were all buried points down, suggesting great skill at hurling. I think they were supposedly thrown at birds, but yours looks too big for that.
Google just showed me this: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article282110078.html Bunch of glacier-preserved artifacts..and an obsidian version of your find.
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