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To: sit-rep; nickcarraway; SunkenCiv; Dusty Road; trebb
"lol... just why am I a bit skeptical looking at this handful of rocks..."

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Probably because you have no idea what you're looking at...
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Although the photo is lousy, anyone who has experience in successfully replicating stone tools can readily see evidence of planned and controlled bilateral, multiple flake removals on some of the specimens. That simply does not occur by any natural ("geofact") process.

There are three specimens in the photo that show repeated, adjoining flake removals -- positioned to create a sharp cutting edge on one lateral side. All flake removals were made by "hard-hammer percussion" (hitting near an edge with another rock ["hammerstone"] -- specifically to remove flakes from the opposite face of the piece).

The specimen at right, near the top of the 10-cm scale stick, has almost a dozen such carefully-placed "flake scars" along its right edge alone. Given the grainy toughness of that stone material, I'm not sure I could do much better with the same piece of rock.

There is zero question that the mind-eye-hand feedback loop of a human being produced some of the pictured specimens.

As to their actual age, deponent sayeth naught... '-)

TXnMA   

Texas Archæological Steward, lithic technologist, flintknapper...

36 posted on 01/03/2021 12:43:49 PM PST by TXnMA (The Democrat Party has a single-element strategy: CHEATING... Reinstate Public Executions!)
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To: TXnMA

Narcissist much?? smdh...

You can always depend on FR to have its share of Mr. and Mrs. Wonderful...

Once you get past your own self, you may have noticed the Jest in my tone. but I doubt it. And I dont give af who you are, but I see rocks like this almost every day in the construction industry. chips and all!! If you dont like guys like me raining on your parade for rocks, post better fkng pictures...


37 posted on 01/03/2021 2:44:53 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: TXnMA

Here ya go man... pay close attention around 2:30 on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8QEvDInevE


38 posted on 01/03/2021 2:55:24 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: TXnMA

Nice post! Thanks TXnMA.


42 posted on 01/05/2021 6:33:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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