Hi all. While going through some of my Artifacts I came across these Tools. My Father and Stepmom visited Central America a number of years back. Dad picked these small flakes while poking around in Belize. They look similar to Johnny's Central Plains Chert. The two large tools he bought at a curio shop also in Belize. I really don't know what to call these blade/ chopper/ Celt/ tools because I have no idea what the central Americans might have been doing with them. I would assume they are similar to our own Natives tools. I also have no idea what culture they came from. Really no of that matters to me because they were a gift from Dad. I just thought you might like to see some tools from Central America. Kim
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Cool stuff! I think Belize is probably the most chert/flint rich country out there, and you've got some cool examples there.
The blue grey piece looks like a classic celt, lowland Mayans used slash & burn agriculture followed by letting the fields go back to jungle for several years. If it's thin and polished then it could be a spade, but most of them are celts used for breaking up undergrowth.
The other piece is probably a knife of some type. They range from really thick to thin.
Years ago Mennonite farmers used to sell lots of them to tourists.
Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida
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