Color:  Indiana Hornstone ranges in color from a dark cream to a medium creamy brown. 

Texture:  Fine grained

Luster: Waxy to glassy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Relatively few

Patina: Gray to chocolate brown

Heat Treatment:  Not commonly heat treated

Knapping:  Excellent knappability


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Indiana Hornstone has primary outcroppings in Harrison and Crawford counties in Indiana and Meade, Breckinridge, and Hardin counties in Kentucky.  This material was highly prized and was traded into the Chesapeake Bay area and into Kansas.
Harrison county flint has bee found on  Hopewell sites as fare east as the DelMarva sites area on the Chesapeake Bay in Early Woodland contexts.  It has been found in southern Ontario and in Western New York.  It also occurs southward along the Mississippi Valley and Tennessee River into Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.