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Fish hooks are really easy to make actually. A flat flake the thickness of the desired shank diameter requires no thinning practically and most all flakes are really short and steep and don't take much force to detach.
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Jayman
Stone fish hooks are very controversial among archiologists and collectors.
The Spanish explorer Desoto noted that one way the Caddo Indians fished was with a main line strung across the water with staging strings hanging down to hooks. He didn't say what the hooks was made of though.
Then there was two or three Bozo's from Europe or somewhere over there that faked artifacts and hooks was one of their specialties sold as artifacts. They sold a lot of them.
I think if them guys was smart enough to make hooks, and even I can make hooks easily that will catch fish as big as you want to catch, and they are way stronger and usuable than they appear to be and can be made from small thin flakes. Native americans could have done it and I think they did because it is a simple concept that is easy to do and works very well for catching fish.
I know where there is a blog by an archy in TN that did some writing about stone hooks. Tonight I will find it and see if I can get a disabled link up here for anyone interested to read. It's very informative about stone hooks
