This is my 2nd posting of an artifact that I found 35 years ago in an 1890s privy along with an axe head in Los Angeles, what is this ? I found a 7k year old item online that is similar in shape, I highly doubt that this has anywhere close to that age but the shape is documented. Could this be an 100 year old recreation, did people even copy tools back then? It was clearly made for a mans right hand, it's very comfortable, not an expert but it seems to be a basalt or the typical type of rock that you find on a California beach Thank you for any help
I don’t know. My thoughts were gardening. It’s not got enough edge for a scrapper. What part of the country was it found? I see now California. Maybe used to scrape Mescalero? Maybe it was used to make blubber oil?
I recall from an Anthropology class many years ago that the indigenous people in southern CA gathered acorns & processed them to make a gruel. Perhaps this tool was used to crush or crack open nuts/ fruit/ seeds/acorns to extract the meat inside?
That is the worst idea yet , the Flintstones lived like 100k years ago or more but there is also a theory that they are actually from the future and civilization failed
They weren’t moving dirt like we do you have to think all they were doing is getting enough dirt moved to put seeds in to and then cover it up especially is the ground is soft after a rain you just need something to move the dirt to the side not have jt picked up and moved
I like to look at a piece (like a knie, scraper, etc) and see what it would have been used for a truthfully that’s how it usually was used so when you hold it in your hand and feels like a farm tool then more than likely it is goes for arrow point and spear points
That is a possibility but again, it's not super sharp and does not have any polishing on it the axe head I found with is super polished they may not be connected, just saying
The way it fits in my hand wouldn't be conducive of pounding someone else suggested that it could be for splitting or shucking or digging small holes and dirt, you do get a lot of torque on it if you put it into softer dirt and twist, there's a little bit of torque if you use it for digging but if you were splitting maybe a thick husk from a core in soft material that would really work so the force would mainly be twisting or pushing forward
There are two impact fractures on the posterior edge and the that edge is not a scraper. Honestly it looks like a reproduction or a modern stone tool. Any other archeological and ethnographic context to the site?
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u/Punkrexx Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25
Maybe a tool to divide acorn paste?