Hammerstone
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J.R. Cressey; purchased from him by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) in 1916 during the Susquehanna River Expedition, led by archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead (1866-1939) and sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 1550 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 5/5565
- Barcode
- 055565.000
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Near Columbia; Columbia; Lancaster County; Pennsylvania; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_60090
