Indian rock???

[Bradrsi]

My son found this in a location where he found lots of flint and an arrowhead. It is flat and has bowl like indentions on both sides in the middle of the stone. It is almost 2 inches thick.

[Bradrsi]

Forgot...Lawrence County, Alabama.

[OnewiththewilD]

It looks like an Anvil stone to me too. “Come an’ get yer love” by Redbone, now that’s Indian rock,lol

[Scorpion68]

Welcome Aboard Bradrsi. Agree it looks like an Anvil Stone.

[Broken Arrow]

Welcome, Bradrsi! Cool find! My thoughts of the piece lean more toward a pitted biscuit discoidal. Jay and Chuck have a good suggestion as well. I just don't know about how well that lithic would hold up to high force repeated battering.

[OnewiththewilD]

It’d think it’d hold up just fine. I have a few just like it. it’s not taking the beating so much itself, in fact that pecking you see is put there before you start using it to give a “ grip” to what your working on. They could even have been busting nuts open on it too or resting the bottom end of a stick they were shaving down on it, multi purpose in my opinion.

[Broken Arrow]

I understand how and why the pit was made, but its cool that you mentioned that bc it could help others. You do have a point about the stone not taking the brunt of the force, and I definitely agree that it was likely multi purpose and could have been a light use item. I completely see where you and Chuck are coming from. I didn't intend to imply or make it sound like I thought y'all were wrong and I apologize, to y'all and other forum members, if it came across that way.
I suppose the reasoning behind my thinking is that the dual pits coupled with the stone being pecked into a nice smooth round shape with curved edges seems like alot of work to put into an anvil stone and also that form is one of the recognized forms for a discoidal. But like you said, multi purpose functionality.

[OnewiththewilD]

No reason to apologize for anything!

[Bradrsi]

Thanks so much everyone! It’s funny because I have been calling it a biscuit and I had no idea what it is called. It was found in the same spot as the arrowhead pictured. My son found both of them and tons of flint chips. I have posted the arrowhead in a separate post and received really good info and feedback about it (Big Sandy/Leighton Base). Sorry for creating two posts, I probably should have merged it all into one. Needless to say, he is now ready to get back looking!

[Bradrsi]

He also found this one in the same area. It’s definitely a different kind of stone. They are pretty much the same size but this one doesn’t have defined dips in the middle. The other one looked more like a tool to me but I don’t know anything about them.

[Broken Arrow]

Looks like another anvil stone and may have seen use as a hammerstone or maybe even, given the coarse looking texture, possibly a grinding stone also.

[Hoss]

Some Indian Rock for y'all!

[Tam]

Hoss , you just make my day with your personality !
Love that!