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[coosakid]

What makes a hammer stone any different than a biscuit Rock.... And y'all got any pics for reference..... Not trying to sound dumb just want to figure these tools out

 

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[quito]

What makes a hammer stone any different than a biscuit Rock.... And y'all got any pics for reference..... Not trying to sound dumb just want to figure these tools out

Hammer-stones don't have to conform to any shape. They are just a stone that shows evidence that at least one area, (often 2) were used to strike something hard enough to leave evidence.
Pics to come.

 

[coosakid]

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[The Grim Reaper]

Most Hammerstones will only show pecking on certain areas of the stone and not the entire stone. Most all of the ones I find will have spots where the original core is still visible and was probably where they held on to it.

Here's some pictures of some of my Hammerstones. You can see the pecking and the outer core on these very well.

 

[rock]

Most hammer stones here are nothing more than a heavy quartzite cobble. Some will have divots 1 on each side. I have found some flint hammers to but mostly quartzite especially the red color cortex ones. The stone you are holding looks to be a soft material probably to soft for a hammer coosa.

 

[rock]

Hammers and grinders here were used as the same tool most of the time

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Hammers and grinders here were used as the same tool most of the time

Agreed

 

[quito]

Agreed

Yep, you had to pound, crush, or basically reduce the size most things before you could commence to grinding it fine..

 

[IAMZIM]

Most Hammerstones will only show pecking on certain areas of the stone and not the entire stone. Most all of the ones I find will have spots where the original core is still visible and was probably where they held on to it.

Here's some pictures of some of my Hammerstones. You can see the pecking and the outer core on these very well.

That hammerstone looks like quartzite with iron staining,(the dark brown marks) would it be out of line to ask what part of the country you found it?

 

[monsterrack]

What makes a hammer stone any different than a biscuit Rock.... And y'all got any pics for reference..... Not trying to sound dumb just want to figure these tools out

Is this what you are calling a biscuit rock.

 

[coosakid]

Thanks for all the picks.... Mine definitely doesn't having enough striking evidence on it..... Good collection every body.... And appreciate the info

 

[The Grim Reaper]

That hammerstone looks like quartzite with iron staining,(the dark brown marks) would it be out of line to ask what part of the country you found it?

They are Quartzite cobbles. Most of the ones I find there are made from the same material. I have several Flint ones and that really nice green Granite one. They are all from a farm near Garrison Ky in Lewis county.