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wilhen
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6vFDqtp6QNEOW9CeUFYOWRGczA/view?usp=sharing The pictures in this post are of a "hammerstone," or pounder. It was found next to a large lower grinder (metate, quern, whatever term you prefer). It is 11 cm high and 13 cm wide. It most likely cracked from heat exposure incident to the destruction of the house it was found in. The site is located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel. A friend suggested it might be granite and the red areas exposed from the chipped cortex might be k-feldspar. I was wondering if you had other suggestions.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vFDqtp6QNEOW9CeUFYOWRGczA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vFDqtp6QNEUzJVMG9Gd1FPSzQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vFDqtp6QNEOW9CeUFYOWRGczA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vFDqtp6QNEUzJVMG9Gd1FPSzQ