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My opinion is that these are large pieces which were knocked off in the initial part of the knapping process and then discarded as other parts were used. The small chips on the edges are from being rolled downstream with other rocks. They aren't refined ebough for a human to have done them for a reason. Or.....they could just be totally geofacts. They don't look like tools to me. Only possible debitage.
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I've often wondered about the ones which did not survive the Quality Control process....whatever that may have been, Frank.
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Yup ... I generally look for bifacial knapping, preferably 6 or more strikes per side, and form. If it's well-formed but fewer strikes, I'll still retrieve it, but the knapping is what gives it away as human made.My criteria with stone, is definitive evidence of knapping.
In this gravel alluvium, from where these pieces are unraveling, there's geofacts galore. The only sure way, is definitive evidence of knapping.
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