AMNH 2/148

About this Bannerstone

Collection

American Museum of Natural History

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

2/148

Date Studied

12/6/2016

Provenance/Provenience

Richmond County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. 119

Color

Dark greenish gray with reflective elements

Width (cm)

5.1

Height (cm)

5.2

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.3

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

2.6

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.4

Weight (g)

123.3

Notes

Several horizontal lines have been incised on the front and crisscrossed diagonal lines across the back of this bannerstone. These markings appear to be archaic in origin and may have been incised when the stone was carved or added later for unknown purposes. Published in Knoblock (1939) Plate 121, no. 10.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

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Citation

“AMNH 2/148,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/64.

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