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Hammerstone (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1914 or 1915; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 900 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 17/1756
- Barcode
- 171756.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Excavator
- Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
- Previous owner
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Seller
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Place
- Foster Place dwelling site, Tennessee River; Marshall County; Alabama; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_184027
- Usage
- CC0
