What did I find?

[Porteje1]

Hi! Curious about some of today’s finds. Hoping y’all could give me some info! Thanks for your time! All found in dry creek bed in middle TN.

[willjo]

The piece with hole in it may be a net weight but i don't think it is a boiling stone like we have in our area. It would have to be made of soapstone or steatite to hold heat and not explode when heated, does it seem to made from soapstone which is soft and could be shaped with a knife.

[Porteje1]

It could be one of those just from looking up some different soap stones and steatite stones, but I’m definitely not experienced it different types of rocks! lol I will post a couple of more pictures of it

[willjo]

Beneath These Waters archaeological and Historical studies of 11,500 years along the Savannah River. By Sharyn Kane & Richard Keeton. Pages 45 through 47 tells about boiling and this book is online and can be read there.

[Porteje1]

Awesome, thank you! I will look that up.

[Porteje1]

[gregszybala]

Nope, just natural.

[Porteje1]

Also found these that both looked worked to me, but I don’t know exactly what they are.

[SurfaceHunter]

Last piece posted looks like a base or a mid section. Picture is blurry but from what I can see it looks good

[sailorjoe]

They look to be natural stones. Larger pictures would help as these are quite small. As Surface Hunter says, the last piece has potential as an artifact.

[Porteje1]

Here is a larger upload of the last.

[SurfaceHunter]

This is the largest I can blow it up might be a hafted scraper. Might be whole cant tell cause of your fingers

[Porteje1]

Any suggestion on optimizing pictures on here? I can never get them to come out clear after upload.

[SurfaceHunter]

Depends on your camera