Fire-cracked rock??

[Bobby_Dazzler_96]

These rocks were all found together roughly 6-8" deep in a field in NW Florida. There was some charcoal mixed in as well, so I'm thinking it could be fire cracked rock? Maybe an ancient hearth or fire pit? I thought that the small spherical rock looked interesting too, but idk what it could be. Thanks in advance for any input!

 

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[old digger]

The Plains Indians would normally heat up river rock (granite weathered rock) in a fire pit and put the heated rock into the food that they intended to eat. As for the one rounded rock on the left, it could be a small hammer stone.

 

[Tdog]

I thought that the small spherical rock looked interesting too, but idk what it could be.

It may be a hammer stone. Do you see any battering evidence/usage wear on it?

 

[Bobby_Dazzler_96]

Not that I can tell

 

[newnan man]

Hello, what made you dig there? 6-8" is not really very deep and N Florida has been logged over 5-6 times in the last 150 years. Fast growing pines and year round sun make trees a great commodity. Many times stumps not pulled out for "lighter" are burned and the woods replanted. Nothing I see in your pics looks like anything man altered but hey who knows. NW Florida does have a lot of stuff to find.

 

[Bobby_Dazzler_96]

Flake??

First I found this on the ground and thought it looked like a flake (is it??) so I stuck my shovel in the ground and hit a rock...then just kept digging them up. There have been documented middle and late archaic artifacts nearby so I am confident there is more to find.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Sorry, nothing in pictures suggest they were used by or worked by man. Charcoal could be from a fire of any type including forest fire.

 

[Tdog]

First I found this on the ground and thought it looked like a flake (is it??)

It looks like a debitage flake (likely heat treated) with a shock ripple present where it was detached.