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if i was at the beach and found one of those "artefact" there is no way I would they they are important or old. Can someone explain how to easily know if what
by skyde 5y ago
if i was at the beach and found one of those "artefact" there is no way I would they they are important or old.
Can someone explain how to easily know if what you are looking at is important or not.
- mod 5y agoStone tools worked by humans are all important. It's not easy to distinguish Neanderthal from ours, or anything like that, or modern from ancient, but it's vastly more likely you'll find an ancient stone tool than a modern version. Very few people are making them, and even fewer are leaving them out on the ground.
- ncmncm 5y agoNo natural process chips off flakes right next to one another, all along the edge, or both edges, or both sides of an edge, of a stone. Anytime you find a stone like that, it's an artifact. A rock with just one chip generally needs evidence of a habitation or other activity to identify it. There is a site in southern England where somebody found a whole pile of chips, and fitted them all together showing the missing space left over had been a spear point.