Possible nutting stone or hammer stone

IowaDigger

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Mar 1, 2013
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I found this on the banks of the Mississippi in Iowa, near a broken axe. It looked too round, too even so I picked it up. That’s when I saw the concave depression in the center of the perfectly flat bottom. I’m wondering if this is a nutting or hammer stone
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nice example of a nutting stone, well rounded, smooth. a very nice find.

what section of the axe did you find?
I actually found 2 now with a possible preform or Celt within 20 ft of this!
 

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Nice finds id love to find some hardstone. If the axes and celts were close by I could get behind the first being a nutting stone
 

Nice finds id love to find some hardstone. If the axes and celts were close by I could get behind the first being a nutting stone
Everything so far is from within about a 25 yd circle. Also found there is a point and point tip. I also have a possible hammer stone found close last year
 

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