Stone Tools: Ancient Artifacts and How to Identify Them #artifacts #rockhounding

In this video, I walk you through a portion of my stone tool collection.

I touch on a handful of ways and methods I utilize indetermining and identifying these artifacts.

The internet is full of knowledge and good information but sometimes it's hard to find it hubbed together in one spot.

identifying stone tools, artifacts and any other native American or ancient people tools is difficult and a lot of it is guesswork.

unfortunately, it's been my experience that there is no centralized destination for us to end up at where our ancient chief swings his stone gavel in approval or denial of our theorized tools!

anyway, I hope you all enjoy. I'm a little under the weather in this video but hopefully you won't have any trouble understanding me. Love you all thank you!

[kareno]

Hi, Your collection looks 'Exactly' as the Rocks \ Stones i find at Home. _if you 'listen', they may say._ Thanks

[paleobrostones]

Great Narration Bro. You made some good points.
As you indicated, most is speculation. I believe most stones were multi purpose.
You hit on the main chores performed very well. Thanks for sharing the artifacts from your area.👍🏻

[tonywhitaker]

You are soo right about trying to find a place to help identify. I started collecting 2 years ago and have learned so much just on my own! My family think I’m crazy, but you can tell a rock that has been worked with, you may not know what the exact purpose it was used for, but you know it was used! Some of them that you have, look like they have been near fire as well with the dark areas. I have some that still have drawings inked on them and some have very small intricate pictures on them. I just recently learned that a lot of their tools are carved into animals or faces and could have multiple carvings in them depending on which way you turn it and the light. I found a huge carved one that is 17x13 that weighs 11 lbs one way it’s a horse head, another it’s the profile of a face, ontop there are mammoths. My most recent find is a wooden club! It’s made out of a root, has a big ball at the top and carvings all on it! Funny thing is I have never found an arrowhead yet! 🤣

[williamlake]

Hey the black so called oil is coming from the minerals in the stone. Usually iron.

[OntarioAtOrion]

That thing i said looked like red ochre maybe was used to crush the stuff to make the powder that was then mixed with other things like animal fat i believe etc.. your piece may have been the crushing tool or even the mixing tool used to mix the pigment into the fat. Its just a guess though, i like to be able to hold it and see with my own eyes and hands before i can really get a better idea 💡 😊

[lesjones]

That guy thinks he’s Sherlock Holmes 😅😅😅

[FacesintheStone]

Great work and information. People do want to know about this stuff! Thanks for making it interesting ❤

[edwinbrashear]

Absolutely nothing here but natural rocks, good luck on convincing anyone of anything else.

[robertbenzon]

This is like seeing images of Elvis in river gravel.

[moo]

The "screaming" rock could been used to stretch hides to be worn as clothing. Seems many artifact collectors forget about the clothing. They had to soften and stretch hides to make the wearable and fit their shoulders, feet, the crotch whatever! So, not only do we see oils from the human hand but also oils from the hide.

[bloodnthuner]

Guess I'll keep those oddly shaped rocks I've found over the years. Knew I was saving them for some reason. Thanks.

[happylostsouls]

That hammer I have one that's a bit larger the handle is made from stone so it's like a composite tool but in one piece

[resurgam]

From the perspective of archaeological typology, this video is egregious misinformation. As another commenter noted, it's like finding pictures of Elvis in river gravel. Absolute rubbish.

[dbarobwood]

I don’t think you have anything but rocks.

You need to look for worked edges

Chipped or ground down

Odd shapes doesn’t mean artifact.

[gaspipe]

Ok let me go pick up a bunch of river worn rocks and call them “artifacts” . What a click bait joke .

[markgreenley]

I'm sorry, but I have been collecting and lecturing about artifacts for 40 yrs. I've served on the board of directors for the Virginia archeological society. I see maybe one tool . Again I'm sorry, not trying to stir up anything.

[mre]

Great video.. I found the massive burials for the Giants in New Jersey There's billions of artifacts covering the mounds that are mountain mounds

[davidwilliamson]

Hahahaha..rocks…from the creek…SCROLL ON

[scottberresford]

You have a great imagination. Just because you want it to be an artifact doesn’t mean it’s an artifact.

[joannholmes]

California had massive Nut trees of all kinds so think about what food resources they had. Everything was used: meat, skins and bone for a variety of reasons.