Pitted Stones

[CreekSide]

I was wanting to know if there was any new updates on the one sided pitted stones. I find hammers with a pit on each face but these are only pitted on one side. 1 schist and 2 dense quartzite. The 2 I found in the same field the schist was a creek find where I found my Gorget made from schist. Any new updates? If you have some you can add yours.

 

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[newnan man]

The first one, I don't know. The next 2 look like classic hammer stones.

 

[newnan man]

Ohio Hammer Stones.

 

[Rockdog]

First on looks like a Nutting stone.

 

[CreekSide]

The first one, I don't know. The next 2 look like classic hammer stones.

Could be multi tools including hammer stone. The grey one is odd being flat. No Omars here so it’s altered just confused for what purpose. Nutting stone would crush the stone

 

[Rockdog]

Could be multi tools including hammer stone. The grey one is odd being flat. No Omars here so it’s altered just confused for what purpose. Nutting stone would crush the stone

Don't know. Fire starter possibly?

 

[Rockdog]

Omar's tend to have straighter sides. This looks human altered to me.

 

[CreekSide]

Don't know. Fire starter possibly?

Possibly but due to the stone type might be an abrader. I’ve never found one before like it so might be.
Big wind storms tonight

 

[ToddsPoint]

We find pitted stones like that around here often. Some are pitted on one side, some on both. I think they were more of an anvil rather than hammerstone. We find these out on the prairie sites where there were no trees. I really doubt they are nutting stones. Arkies claim they are for bipolar reduction of small tough chert nodules. Place nod in pocket and smash with hammerstone to obtain usable flakes. I’m skeptical of that but don’t know their real purpose.

 

[newnan man]

Nutting stones to me are ridiculous. Why go to all that effort when you can just smash it & then dig out the meat?

 

[CreekSide]

Nutting stones to me are ridiculous. Why go to all that effort when you can just smash it & then dig out the meat?

I wonder how long it would take to drill the holes and what tool they used to drill them with.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Could that first one be a Talc-Schist material i.e. a type of soap stone?

In N. Cal, cupules in soapstone were the result of ceremonial or medicine rituals. The dust generated from pounding or grinding the stone was used to make it rain or improve fertility.

Not exactly a hard durable stone.

 

[CreekSide]

Could that first one be a Talc-Schist material i.e. a type of soap stone?

In N. Cal, cupules in soapstone were the result of ceremonial or medicine rituals. The dust generated from pounding or grinding the stone was used to make it rain or improve fertility.

Not exactly a hard durable stone.

Doesn’t feel greasy like soapstone more chalky texture like schist