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Stone tools (knives, hammers, drills, grinders, hatchets) ceremony and decoration, and shelter.

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Obsidian, a volcanic glass makes very fine knives, scrapers, and cutters.

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What shiny rock do native Americans use to make tools?

Obsidian


How do you use Obsidian in a sentence?

In the 1800's, many Native Americans would sharpen obsidian into spear tips.


How did early natives people use obsidian?

Early Native People used obsidian for money, arrow heads, knives, and spears.


What did the Cheyenne Native Americans use to cook with or eat on?

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What kind of glass did native Americans use as cutting tools and scalpels?

BoneAnother AnswerThe 'glass' you may be thinking of is obsidian -- actually a translucent stone that native peoples chipped and honed into sharp-edged tools.


Did native Americans use fences?

No the native americans did not use fences.


Describe one use each for the igneous rock granite basalt and pumice?

Pumice makes it a good abrasive for cleaning Nd polishing. Native Americans used obsidian to make Sharp tools. Egyptians used granite for statues. They also used other igneous rocks to build fortresses.


Did the native Americans use cotton or wool?

the native Americans did not have sheep


What did the mayans use as weapons?

Obsidian blades and daggers as well as clubs with sharp rocks and shards of obsidian embedded in them. Arrows and darts sometimes tipped with poison were also used.


What did the lucayans use as there weapons?

Obsidian blades and daggers as well as clubs with sharp rocks and shards of obsidian embedded in them. Arrows and darts sometimes tipped with poison were also used.


Who carried out the use of native Americans as slaves the most?

Europeans carried out the use of native Americans as slaves the most


Do use igneous rocks for tools?

Yes. Obsidian in particular has been used to make tips for arrows and spears.