AMNH 2/3581

About this Bannerstone

Collection

American Museum of Natural History

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

2/3581

Date Studied

9/20/2016

Provenance/Provenience

Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Donor C.C. Jones, Jr. pg. 70

Color

Light olive gray, with olive gray, pinkish gray, and yellowish gray elements

Width (cm)

12.3

Height (cm)

10.5

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

0.6

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

3.3

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.4

Weight (g)

551.3

Notes

This Southern Ovate preform has the beginnings of a rounded spine on the front and a squared spine on the back. This is a commonly found spine variation similar to those found at Volusia County, Fl. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 171, no. 5.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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Citation

“AMNH 2/3581,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed May 11, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/69.

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