[TXnMA]

If this is the best example of a stone "tool" from their assemblage, I'll definitely wait to call them ,"man-made tools" until after I have examined them under (at least) a stereomicroscope...

I see no clear evidence of knapping on this one. It looks like a "geofact" (naturally chipped pebble) to me.

[TXnMA]

Heads up! Minnesota "tool" (or "geofact") photo...

[Egon]

If this is the best example of a stone "tool" from their assemblage, I'll definitely wait to call them ,"man-made tools" until after I have examined them under (at least) a stereomicroscope...

It's the middle of February, and it's been cold as hell up here. That could be a potato!

[Brilliant]

Yeah... I'm not sure why a 13,000 year old stone tool would be quite that crude anyway. We're not talking Australopithicus, here.

[Reaganesque]

THAT'S where I left them!! Silly me.

[capydick]

Crude stone "tools" found in northern Minnesota may be at least 13,000 years old, a team of archaeologists recently announced.

Probably has this guy's fingerprints on them:

[sgtbono2002]

Let me know if they find that pair of waterpump pliers I lost last week.

[DManA]

Man lived here BEFORE the "virgin" forests sprang up.

[Juan Medén]

They're about as Neanderthal as Minnissota's political class -- the original cirque sans soleil.

[cf_river_rat]

Intersting Story. This is off-topic, but would any of you mind looking at these pics of some lithics i found behind my house and let me know what you think they are? I think there was an encampment here on my place, but I don't have any idea how to date these things.

I just realized from looking through this gallery some of my best pieces aren't posted here yet.

Rocks Pictures

[WesternPacific]

Probably belonged to one of the ancient hard working Mexican pre-illegals that worked his ancestral land before we stole it 13,000 years ago!!!!

[lmailbvmbipfwedu]

Looks like a nice skipper, or at the very least a heaverite. Just heave it right over there.

[FLCowboy,]

I used to "grow" these in my garden in Huntington, CT back in the '70s. Every spring, I would have to mine the garden patch of rocks that surfaced during the freeze/thaw period.

[word_warrior_bob]

What am I missing here? How much will a museum pay me to exhibit my collection of "tools".

[WorkingClassFilth]

This stone tool deal is nothing. We've got living, breathing neanderthals over at the Capital in St. Paul and they're running this goofy state.

[No Blue States]

If thats a scrapper its about the worst one Ive ever seen. I guess they didnt find any spear points.

[lesser_satan]

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[Larry Lucido]

Crude stone "tools" found in northern Minnesota may be at least 13,000 years old

Is the Craftsman replacement warranty still good?

[A Strict Constructionist]

"I'll definitely wait to call them ,"man-made tools""

Well they are from Minnesota, so the term "man-made" is iffy based on their politics.

[Moonman62]

They found Helen Thomas' baby toys.

[blam]

Could that be a Cartifact?

I read this book by George Carter, pretty good too.

George Carter was a geologist and during his field work he would occasion upon stones that he though looked 'worked.' He would take them to archaeologists and ask for their opinion and often would be told that they are definately altered by man and were very ancient, usually over 100k years old. Then, when he revealed where he found them all opinions changed...they were all found in the Americas.

Anyway George was undeterred and kept 'ambushing' archaeologists so often that the archaeological community began to call his stones 'Cartifacts.' George eventually became so frustrated that he obtained a PhD in archaeology but was still mostly ignored. I think he is dead now.

Calico: A 200,000 Year Old Site In The Americas