What is this?

[Louherz]

Howdy All,

Here is a personal find from Eastern GA. I think it is soapstone, but could be pottery. It is 1/2 inch thick and heavily striated. I have heard cooking stone, pendant, boat anchor. What do you think?

Louis

 

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[GatorBoy]

NC! ! YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT check this out. That is a soapstone cooking stone like stated earlier in the thread. www.wishtoyo.org/artifacts-utensils-cooking-utensils.html

 

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[GatorBoy]

This is a cooking slab!! The Inuit people used to use them for this purpose. Soapstone was widly used as a typical carving stone for thousands of years. It is still used today as house fixings, countertops, and decorations, etc. However, the Inuit peoples would carve these and super heat them hot over a fire and (in a sense) grill them or sear them for the obvious cooking purposes. This is a VERY VERY cool find friend. Hope I helped.

Nailed it.

 

[Louherz]

Thank You. I can imagine the artifact being used. I appreciate it everyone.

 

[GatorBoy]

I love this forum when it works like that.

 

[NC field hunter]

I love this forum when it works like that.

Nice research Gator!! You put that rabbit back in the hat! Lol

 

[rock]

So how did they use the hole then? Maybe a stick

 

[GatorBoy]

I'm guessing some green fiber or water soaked cordage.

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice research Gator!! You put that rabbit back in the hat! Lol

Thanks.. That's a real cool find!

 

[bman3725]

Rock I've got thousands haven't seen one soap stone or quartz though. Go to the Alabama natural history museum online and you will see some of our finds. Have to say the vast majority doesn't have holes drilled in them either. But this could be the difference in cultures as well as what their diets were from region to region.

 

[rock]

@GB I used it but it didnt say.

 

[rock]

Rock I've got thousands haven't seen one soap stone or quartz though. Go to the Alabama natural history museum online and you will see some of our finds. Have to say the vast majority doesn't have holes drilled in them either. But this could be the difference in cultures as well as what their diets were from region to region.

What about points and tools? Got any pics of them in quartz?

 

[bman3725]

Here's some Rock

 

[bman3725]

Yeah now there's some of those laying around here and there

 

[GatorBoy]

Here is one

 

[GatorBoy]

Haha..that looks like my house. bman

 

[NC field hunter]

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I know it's not an artifact and really shouldn't be placed here. But, Rock, how you like this hefty hunk of junk? I found it a while back, and am just as proud of it as most of my artifacts. Can't say why, really?? I guess because it's unusually large for my area. Also, looks like it could have been used as a pecking stone.

 

[NC field hunter]

I know it's not an artifact and really shouldn't be placed here. But, Rock, how you like this hefty hunk of junk? I found it a while back, and am just as proud of it as most of my artifacts. Can't say why, really?? I guess because it's unusually large for my area. Also, looks like it could have been used as a pecking stone.

 

[GatorBoy]

Look at this mess... they built a couple docks on top of that recently

 

[rock]

I was looking for the ones from Ala not north.

 

[NC field hunter]

Look at this mess... they built a couple docks on top of that recently

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Man! I have never seen pottery literally littering the ground. That is pure craziness.