AMNH 2/5507

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About this Bannerstone

BA#

14

Catalog or Accession #

2/5507

Date Studied

12/6/2016

Bannerstone Type

Material

Perforation

Condition

Provenance/Provenience

Colonels Island, Liberty County, Georgia, Donor C.C. Jones Jr.

Color

Greenish gray

Width (cm)

10.1

Height (cm)

7.8

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

n/a

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

1.9

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.8

Weight (g)

356

Notes

This is a single-faced un-perforated preform with a spine formed on one side, flat on the other side, similar in shape to D/146. The stone is chipped on one edge indicting that it might have been used as a percussive tool.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

Images may be downloaded and used freely for teaching and personal use. Include the credit line “© Anna Blume, 2017, Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History” along with the object’s Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the AMNH. For additional publishing questions, contact [email protected]

Citation

“AMNH 2/5507,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/75.

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