Possible fire popped tip

[ILLannoyReb]

Looks like it to me but never held one so not sure. Found on the high and dry ground at my site in Lawrence Co Tenn this past April.

[BozemanSooner]

Side note. Why did they heat the rocks? What are characteristics of heat treated pieces?

[Kentucky point]

Usually when certain types of rocks are heated, they become easier to knap. They also get more colorful, but knappability is what they were looking for.

[Kentucky point]

I would say yes. That is a pretty weird find, but a keeper for sure!

[oldrocks2]

Looks fire popped and damaged from heat to me.

[Tam]

I sent you a nice message that didn’t take this morning .
yes heat treating makes s nice color and will have a waxy feel to it . Burlington Chert heat treated becomes a pink . Looks like a broken tip of a point , knife ..

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Yes it’s burnt. Prolly not heat treated, just got thrown into a fire or a fire was built over where it was lost. The pop outs on the flat surfaces are called pot lids ... JJ

[sailorjoe]

I agree.

[Tam]

LMan I have found points like that and always wondered if they just got thrown in the fire with the meat . Like it was broke off and lost in the kill . Just dreaming about the past .

[Lindenmeier-Man]

It’s a viable theory Tam.

[Whippoorwill]

Nice. I learn something on every visit to our fourm. I