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Algonquin Stone Artifacts
Stone is one of the few natural materials that does not deteriorate quickly. Over the years, large numbers and varieties of stone artifacts that have been found in Algonquin territory. These items were used in hunting, defense, fishing, building with wood, shaping bone, food preparation, leatherwork, and for decorative and spiritual purposes.

Adzes
An adze is an axe-like heavy shaving tool used mostly for woodworking. It has an asymmetric working edge (bit). The ...
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Backed Knives
A backed knife is a knife that can be held in the hand without cutting the user. It can be ...
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Biface Fragments
A biface fragment is a piece of lithic material with flaking on both major surfaces.
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Burins
A burin is a fine chisel tool, similar to a graver. The difference is that a burin has flake detachments ...
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Choppers
A chopper is a heavy, minimally worked tool used for heavy chopping and cutting.
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Cobbles
Cobble is a type of rock, usually larger than gravel.
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Cores
A core is a piece of lithic material left behind when a part of it has been broken off to ...
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Drills
A drill is a tool that is rotated at high speed to create a hole.
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Gravers
A graver is a fine incising tool with a thick working point that can withstand considerable pressure without collapsing.
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Modified/Retouched Flakes
A flake is a piece of lithic material that has been intentionally detached from a core or tool. The tool ...
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Pebbles
Pebbles are small round stones, usually worn by water.
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Perforators
A perforator is a sharp pointed tool used to make holes in worked materials.
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Planes
A plane is used to create a flat and even surface.
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Point Fragments
This is a fragment of the very tip, or point, of an arrowhead.
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Pottery
Pottery can be made in several ways. The most common method used by the Algonquins is the Coil and Slab ...
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Preforms
A preform is a blank that has been modified to become a tool, but has never been completed.
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Projectile Points
A projectile point is a weapon tip used on arrows, atlatl darts or spears.
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Retouched Fragments
These are fragments that have been sharpened then retouched or resharpened.
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Scrapers
A scraper is used to scrape material such as wood or bone. It has a steep working edge ranging from ...
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Shatters
Shatter is the very small debris that is produced when a person strikes a blow by hitting two stone objects ...
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Spalls
Spalls are tools that display chips or splinters on their surface.
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Unmodified/Unused Flakes
These flakes have been chipped off a core and left on the ground. They were never used as tools.
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Used Flakes
A flake is a piece of lithic material that has been intentionally detached from a core or tool. The tool ...
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Wedges
A wedge is used to separate or split something in half.
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