✅ SOLVED COULD THESE ROCKS BE A SIGN OF AN INDIAN SITE?

[RJHunter]

Hi,
Found these rocks Fri. afternoon while roaming the woods around by friends old farmstead. They where half buried in the ground and covered with layers of leaves.
When I pryed out the larger rocks, there were smaller pieces in the ground about 1 1/2 feet down. There are some quartz pieces and some hardstone flakes all pretty
sharp. That piece of sugar quartz looks like a bite from an apple. I like that piece. Could these rocks be a sign of an indian camp site close by? What do you guys think?

 

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[unclemac]

kinda hard to say....where I am from those would be natural tumbled flakes, but where you are those could be the only quality stone they could find to work with.

 

[RGINN]

Worth a little more investigating. Some of the material looks workable, but would be hard to work and flake unpredictably. They might be a result of some activity at the old farmstead, but only a guess. I don't know the layout of your part of the country, but in Oklahoma at the Plains Village farmer sites we looked over, if there was any type of a hill nearby we would always find evidence of a lithic workshop on the south facing side of that hill, which would have more sun in the winter. Just a place away from the village where guys could gather, have a good view of the country, get away from the wife and kids and hang with the guys while chipping out a few points.

 

[RJHunter]

Thanks for the replies, RGINN & unclemac. I am going back to investigate some more. Many years back, across the farmfield from where I found these flakes, I found my first & last point in a nice old bottle dump.
I still occasionally look for old bottles, but wanted to see if I could find more Indian artifacts. They are very hard to find, but I know they are out there. Plus roaming the woods is relaxing. The land in my area of NJ was old farmlands,
mostly flat with forest and low swamp areas .Thanks for the valuable info of the south facing side idea. Here is a picture of the point I found awhile back. Any ideas on material? Possibly argillite?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

First pictures are all just rocks, no sign of any knapping...

 

[rock]

That brings back memories from when I 1st started hunting. Quartz is really hard to see the flaking or work on crude pieces. I have also found out flint while in a creek can look worked while wet but when dry it can look different. So back on the quartz and quartzite it will have to be up to you if you feel like they were used but most like that you find will either be discarded pieces or just natural occurrences from freeze and heat of the seasons. I have studied it for years. Nice points

 

[Charl]

The material on the point is NJ argillite, technically argillaceous shale. The point type is a Middle Woodland Fox Creek Stemmed by the looks of it......

 

[RJHunter]

Thanks for identifying the point, Charl. I'll be checking that area out a little more. Thanks for everyones input.