Axe head fragment
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1917 or 1918 by MAI staff members Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971), Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925), and Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI and funded by MAI trustee Samuel Riker Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 8/4102
- Barcode
- 084102.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Excavator
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Expedition sponsor
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Axe head fragment
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Place
- Shell midden B; Schley Avenue; New York City, Bronx, Throgs Neck (Throggs Neck); Bronx County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_90611
