[meteorite-list] New Meteorite used as Neolithic Tool

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:14:00 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTin-GG4iHTenSVmf=1ZG=84LPc_1GtQ-d8=0GgMF_at_mail.gmail.com>

I'm no expert, but I concur with Phil. It does like the discoidal
shown in the link.

Either way, it's a super find. Congrats to Philippe. :)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 1/5/11, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> -----------------------------
>
> 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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