Editing Hammerstone (section)

==Materials==
A hammerstone is made of a material such as [[sandstone]], [[limestone]] or [[quartzite]], is often [[ovoid]] in shape (to fit the human hand better), and develops telltale [[Impact (mechanics)|battering]] marks on one or both ends.  In archaeological recovery, hammerstones are often found in association with other stone tool artifacts, [[debitage]] and/or objects of the hammer such as [[ore]].<ref>Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, ''Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology'', Harvard University, 1904</ref><ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18353 C. Michael Hogan, ''Los Osos Back Bay'', Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008)]</ref>  The modern use of hammerstones is now mostly limited to [[flintknapper]]s and others who wish to develop a better understanding of how [[stone tool]]s were made.