Any Ideas As to What These Were Used For
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Topic: Any Ideas As to What These Were Used For
Posted By: red clay
Subject: Any Ideas As to What These Were Used For
Date Posted: 09-Jun-2011 at 17:23
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These items were all recovered in an area less than 5 sq. ft. The area happens to be in my own yard. These washed out of what was the paleo riverbank here. The soil is sandy loam with only a few very small yellow quartz pebbles here and there. Nothing like these. It almost seems like they were a "set" of some kind.
I have a few ideas of my own, but wanted to get some outside opinions.
 I didn't have a scale in this shot but the largest is a little larger than a quarter.
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Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 09-Jun-2011 at 21:28
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Sling stones altho some may have been used to crush raw grains.
Just a guess.
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Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 10-Jun-2011 at 00:11
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CV, I'm going to get better pics for these, and I have others of a completely different type. The round ones are flat, or have a flat side. The small ones are very thin and each has a fossil mark in the center. The oblongs might have been used as you pointed out, as small hand roller crushers. I have larger that are similar that were for that purpose. Not found in my yard, but nearer to the creek. ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 10-Jun-2011 at 03:03
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Posted By: medenaywe
Date Posted: 10-Jun-2011 at 03:13
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Were those first money equivalents?By mistake have posted same question inside Geofact,Artifact...fix it. |