Abandoned stone project, or useful stone object?

[8_Way_Santa]

I found this in Ramah, McKinley County, New Mexico.

It's very chunky and makes me wonder: Was this discarded while being worked due to some sort of flaw, or was it indeed used? Did a piece which made it this far in the manufacturing process have some sort of use?

 

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[russau]

well it's not like you could ask the "original maker" of this piece that might have knapped this keep it as a NICE find in your collection . BUT to me it appears to have been started and discarded .

 

[8_Way_Santa]

Thank you, russau.

 

[Jatrox]

I have found a couple of points similar to this. Bulky, curved and irregular. They very well could have been used. Not all points were perfect. They are a consumables after all. Could have been made in a hurry or by someone just learning. Who knows. It clearly has the shape of a point so it would end up in my collection.

 

[8_Way_Santa]

Thank you for the reply, Jatrox.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’d guess unfinished piece; possibly for practice or a flaw occurred.
I’d keep it too.

 

[8_Way_Santa]

Thank you, Blackfoot58. I keep it with my other finds and admire it often.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Looks like preform never completed.

 

[RGINN]

Maybe they were just checking it out to see how it would flake, if it could be thinned down, etc., then discarded it. Yeah I would have picked that up.