duplicate post?
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3664174/posts?page=95#95
and #98, #106, #114
Looks like we have duplicate posts as you say.
So here is my duplicate on this thread, LOL:
However they came about, tektites or no, these are weapons. I am pretty certain of that. All of the shapes I have seen are mountable on wooden shafts or hafts as in a club.If they are smaller, they could be mounted on arrow projectiles.Also they would have been used as Slings of David ammunition.
You can see similar objects here:
https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;?p=native%20american%20stone%20clubs
AND
http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2014marchaxestylespage1.htm
The decorative ones would have had ceremonial significance as well as being weapons, for offering animals on altars as well as battle items.The Celts had no hesitation about putting gods into their arms, such as Scathach ( Pron. Skyah).
A lot of controversy surrounding the geology. Some would have been made from Tektites, but most would have involved rounded beach stones incised over time both before and after battles, IMHO. The decorative grooves and incisions would be there to collect power and store it in the weapon.These are high tech weapons of protection and destruction as it was back then.
Just imagine cranially whacking a cobber with a club with these at the head. Even just a 1 pound stone, mounted on the end of a three foot shaft would crack a skull wide open.The more blood in the grooved patterns, the more power the weapon would be gathering.