Possible axe head?

[Recoveredmol]

So there is a site that I've been digging and sifting in north Georgia. I've found several arrow heads flakes within a 20x20 area. I found this rock in the same area. There are not a lot of rocks in the field that I'm digging. I'm not one of those people that is dead set on it being an axe head, I'm just curious and would like some opinions. What gets me is the front view...how it comes to a point.

I know that they say the full grooved axe head is the oldest type....but there had to be something more primitive before that...maybe?

I will include a picture of all the finds in the 20x20 area as well as the potential axe head from multiple angles.

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

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[gettothepoints]

I am green so have no real input for you here. However, if that turns out not to be a head, I’ll find it amazing yet again how realistic these geofacts can be!

 

[unclemac]

no, just a rock. Paleo folk were in no way primitive folk.

 

[CreekSide]

Just a rock but the other finds look good.

 

[Buckleberry]

Natural. nice finds otherwise

 

[newnan man]

Agreed, it's a rock. Nice finds too.

 

[dognose]

ditto

 

[gettothepoints]

no, just a rock. Paleo folk were in no way primitive folk.

Does this mean that it would have been a much more well formed piece? Do we have truly primitive cave man type tools in the contiguous states, or is Paleo as old as it gets?

 

[robertk]

Does this mean that it would have been a much more well formed piece? Do we have truly primitive cave man type tools in the contiguous states, or is Paleo as old as it gets?

I'm sure primitive man could have picked up any old rock and used it as a tool or weapon, but that doesn't make it a stone tool. I mean I can pick up a rock and smash a coconut with it, but once I put it down, it's still just a rock. Stone tools are stones that were purposely made to be used as tools, so they will show signs of being chipped, ground, and abraded into a purposeful shape. Think of it in terms of wood instead of stone -- you could use any old stick as a tool, but it's still just a stick. Once you sharpen it or straighten it or carve it, then it's something you made, and no longer just a stick. It's the same with stones.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

While you do have some artifacts there, the "ax head" is not one, it is natural.

 

[unclemac]

these are the sort of hand axes made by homo erectus 500,000 to 1,500,000 years ago. Even these are undeniably worked and have an obvious purpose. NA folk are homo sapiens sapiens, like you and I. Quite a step up from homo erectus. NA tools, art, objects, etc. are ALWAYS obvious. Stones can take on a variety of shapes that mimic tools based upon the characteristics of the minerals that comprise them, and natural forces of erosion. But they will not show obvious signs of being worked.

acheulean bifacial hand axe - Google Search

 

[DirtyHandsCleanPoints]

these are the sort of hand axes made by homo erectus 500,000 to 1,500,000 years ago. Even these are undeniably worked and have an obvious purpose. NA folk are homo sapiens sapiens, like you and I. Quite a step up from homo erectus. NA tools, art, objects, etc. are ALWAYS obvious. Stones can take on a variety of shapes that mimic tools based upon the characteristics of the minerals that comprise them, and natural forces of erosion. But they will not show obvious signs of being worked.

acheulean bifacial hand axe - Google Search

My best hand axe example

 

[unclemac]

i call that a cobble chopper

 

[gettothepoints]

I'm sure primitive man could have picked up any old rock and used it as a tool or weapon, but that doesn't make it a stone tool. I mean I can pick up a rock and smash a coconut with it, but once I put it down, it's still just a rock. Stone tools are stones that were purposely made to be used as tools, so they will show signs of being chipped, ground, and abraded into a purposeful shape. Think of it in terms of wood instead of stone -- you could use any old stick as a tool, but it's still just a stick. Once you sharpen it or straighten it or carve it, then it's something you made, and no longer just a stick. It's the same with stones.

Really good point

these are the sort of hand axes made by homo erectus 500,000 to 1,500,000 years ago. Even these are undeniably worked and have an obvious purpose. NA folk are homo sapiens sapiens, like you and I. Quite a step up from homo erectus. NA tools, art, objects, etc. are ALWAYS obvious. Stones can take on a variety of shapes that mimic tools based upon the characteristics of the minerals that comprise them, and natural forces of erosion. But they will not show obvious signs of being worked.

acheulean bifacial hand axe - Google Search

Some of those in that link are incredible looking

My best hand axe example

Oh man, what a find that is