Is this worked?

[Susie]

Found this yesterday in Southern Utah at a site that seems to be a tool manufacturing area. Tons of flint and chert pieces. Has this small piece been worked? And if so what is it? Thank you for your help and input.

[SDhunter]

It’s hard to see the edge with the lighting and background being the same color. The curved edge looks possibly to have some secondary pressure flaking, but not sure. It could we a little flake scraper .

[Susie]

Thanks, SDhunter. I'll take a little flake scraper find! I will try to post more pics with a darker background.

[Susie]

Thanks, SDhunter. I'll take a little flake scraper find! I will try to post more pics with a darker background.

[JEBMs]

What SDhunter said. Better pictures on a contrasting background (black would be good) with pictures of the edges. It appears to be worked from what little I can see.

[Susie]

I'll try to post some better pictures. Thanks for your comments!

[smbore]

looks to be worked on the one edge

[Susie]

That's what I thought, but sometimes I see things that aren't there, lol!

[Lone Star]

It's a cool looking little piece. Has some worked edges. It's an artifact for sure.

[Susie]

I like the look of it too. It was a unique piece different from the others around it, where we were rock-hounding.

[PointHound]

nice lithic also. Not positive but it looks like chalcedony.

[Susie]

Thanks, PointHound! I think it is an agate/chalcedony lithic, too.

[Susie]

Updated pics

[Ron Kelley]

Susie I do believe it's an ancient artifact (Reduction Flake). The edge looks like chatter nicks rather than pressure flaking.

[Susie]

Thanks, Ron! Do you have information on the difference between a reduction flake vs pressure flaking that I could read up on?

[DiversionHound]

A reduction flake is most often a larger flake taken off material in order to "reduce" it's size, most often the blade's thickness, during manufacture of a point. A pressure flake is most often a tiny flake, think like 20 pressure flakes can fit on a quarter maybe, that is taken off a blade's edge with the sole purpose of sharpening/finishing up a blades's cutting edge.

A reduction flake would be taken off earlier in manufacture with a hammer stone or other similar tool, and a pressure flake by a bone antler or something similar, and not by percussion, but by placing the tool on the edge of the point and applying pressure to remove the flake.

[Narrow Way Knapper]

Sure is pretty material. 😊