A couple years ago we bought an old house AS IS. While cleaning out a store room closet my husband and I found what looked like a broken frame with some rocks inside.upon closer inspection it was all of those pictured above^ . My husband wanted to throw them out since they were covered with mice feces and they were pretty gross. So I soaked them and they have sat in my cabinet till now.
I live in Texas and some of them have TX counties writen on them but the rest of the names probably got smudged off from soaking them.
Ive only done a little bit of research that has told me that they are scrapers and knives but I don't know from what time period or if they are even in great condition. I would love to sell them or donate to a museum, but first if like to know what is what.
All help is welcome! Thanks!
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While we welcome questions about mysterious objects you may have found, you should also try asking about them in r/WhatIsThisThing. They have a much better track record!
May I recommend /r/AskAnthropology? For the most part what you have are flint or chert quarry blanks or preforms. When lithic material was mined by Native Americans, it often was reduced to a blank or preform that could, with a little more work become any of a number of tools. These blanks were then traded or transported for further refinement. The only chronological diagnostic material are the few projectile points or points-in-progress. These appear to be large and pretty clunky. That could be a function of their completeness, or their style. If the latter applies, they would be pre-bow and arrow, and thus likely over a thousand years old. They might be much earlier.
Oh my family has tons of those kinds of things around our ranch. It's pretty cool to go out and find them.