[meteorite-list] New Meteorite used as Neolithic Tool
JoshuaTreeMuseum
joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com
Wed Jan 5 13:44:41 EST 2011
It looks a lot more like a cupstone or a discoidal than a hammerstone.
Doesn't look anything like an anvil. An anvil would have a flat surface. A
hammerstone generally wouldn't have a depression in its middle. We have a
Campo in the museum that was used as an anvil, I have a picture of it
somewhere....
Cupule:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/NutterPen759.pdf/page1-240px-NutterPen759.pdf.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupstone&usg=__4CsS3wfr9tZ1FJumz8AO0nbnuSg=&h=196&w=240&sz=8&hl=en&start=11&sig2=QJZqojW36XnfMRWDw4as_g&zoom=0&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=oUb8AvV5zA9lMM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcupstone%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=XLMkTbDzMMP78AbBz6XRDQ
Discoidal:
http://www.relicshack.com/Details.aspx?Id=14943
Phil Whitmer
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Hi List,
A new meteorite (Bouanane) was added to the Met Bulletin yesterday and
in the description it says the meteorite was used as a hammer/anvil
tool in the Neolithic period.
This meteorite came out of Morocco courtesy of Philippe Thomas. Does
anyone have a photo of this specimen? I'm very curious to see what it
looks like.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=52888
Best regards,
MikeG
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