Adzes were made from naturally pre-shaped lengthy or slightly triangular river pebbles of a hard black stone, probably dolorite. Most of these items are broken, some near the cutting edge, others where they were fixed to a handle, indicating heavy use in activities such as woodcutting. However, their size variability suggests that no single function should be imagined for all those items.
The grinding stone industry at Fistikli Höyük is fairly simple. Basalt was probably brought in from basaltic lava fields in the Suruç Plain some 20 km east of the Euphrates. For grinding wheat, barley and other Gramineae, flat metates and pillow-shaped manos could have been used. The metates were highly abraded, concave and saddle-shaped. The manos were generally of finer grained basalt. Use-wear indicates that these tools were used in a linear, back-and-forth motion.
Mortars and pestles are more rare than manos and metates. One complete specimen of a basalt mortar with thickened rim was found, as well as a few broken pestles. Basalt pestles could have been replaced by elongated river pebbles. Finally, several fist grinders were found. These items, 8 to 10 cm in diameter, are lenticular in shape.