AH2 Mini-Axe / Hammer Head Size: 2 3/4" long x 2 1/2" wide x 1 1/4" thick with 3/4" wide groove Material: Black Crystalline Hematite Age: Middle Archaic (8,000 – 5,500 BP) American Indian Tools: Axe Head 3/4 Groove. The bit shows the maker did just that with a few small use nicks on it’s edge. Ancient Indian Stone Tool Celt Axe Pennsylvania Stoneage Artifact. Do not reproduce content without permission. Note sparkling hematite crystals shining through broken surfaces. Both sides are nearly flat and are often highly polished. The bit is very polished with a couple tiny usage nicks. With the development of horticulture came the need for tools to process grain, and large flat blocks of quartzite or granite were pecked and  or grinding slabs, and develop their ground surfaces developed from use, often appearing as pitted and flattened areas along their perimeters. The poll top is slightly excurvate. Our archeologists do not appraise artifacts or guarantee their authenticity for commercial purposes.PERMISSION IS REQUIRED FOR USE OF ANY MATERIAL FROM THIS WEBSITE.Copyright ©2016-2020 Arkansas Archeological Survey. They are well made and have a medium polish. It still has a fine sharp blade. The piece shows nice use wear.This is a very nice pecked and polished celt. ... Making a hematite celt axe in less than 20 minutes Virgil Hayes.

It is however possible it was damaged during use but then used and worn long after the fact. It s made of green hardstone. Such artifacts were drilled to permit suspension from a cord by spinning a narrow pointed stone, hardened stick, or bone between the hands against the stone, using sand as an abrasive. The Etowah complex dates to the Middle Mississippian period. Hematite celt manufacturing, sandstone and water. We invite members of the public to help discover and record information about archeological sites in Arkansas. Watch. CELT MISSOURI AUTHENTIC INDIAN ARROWHEAD ARTIFACT COLLECTIBLE RELIC CHADWELL COL. $200.00.
CELTS ADZES . The pole is pointed and the body of the celt is round.This is one of two major celt forms associated with the Adena culture.It is an Early Woodland artifact.The celt poll may be elongated or squared, but the poll cross-section will be a rectangular in form.This example is 2 inches in length.Most celts of this type are between 4 and 6 inches in length.These are usually well made. All in all it is a nice little axe.This axe shows the peck and polish manufacture process. The poll end, I believe was made the way it is. To facilitate hafting, axes were grooved, either completely around the four faces of the tool, or on Rarely, grooves were placed only on the two flattened faces of an axe; in the Midwest such tools are During the Late Archaic, Woodland, and Late Prehistoric periods ground stone technology began to be Ground stone technology also was used to produce artifacts of personal adornment. Collection of Jackie Fuller. *Information about archeological site locations is exempted from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act to protect our state’s fragile archeological resources from looters and to protect the privacy of landowners with sites on their property. The corners may be somewhat rounded. It is made of a porphyry hardstone with a high polished bit. The hole was drilled part way through on one side of the object and the remainder of the hole was drilled from the opposite  hole that is narrowest near the middle of the object. Their length may have been a measure of status for the owner.
The poll end appears to have been either made like it is or broken, repaired and then used after that. It has been pecked and highly polished to perfection. Discarded ground stone tools sometimes later became convenient raw material for use in stone boiling, lining roasting pits, or ringing hearths, thus ending their useful life as fire cracked rocks.


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