Bannerstone Typology
The Archaic Bannerstone Project (ABP) distinguishes 24 bannerstone types based on terms established by Byron Knoblock in his 1939 text Banner-stones of the North American Indian. Below, bannerstones can be browsed by these types and sub-types. As more collections are photographed and added to this ABP site we hope to include examples of all 24 types.
- Anomalous 1
- Ball 0
- Ball, Fluted 3
- Bottle 1
- Bottle, Single-Faced 0
- Butterfly 4
- Butterfly Double-Notched 1
- Butterfly, Double-Notched 16
- Butterfly, Quartz 3
- Butterfly, Single-Notched 6
- Crescent 9
- Crescent (miniature) 1
- Crescent, Double 2
- Crescent, Notched 0
- Double Bitted Axe 0
- Double Crescent 1
- Double Edged 3
- Double-Bitted Axe 1
- Geniculate 6
- Hinge 0
- Hourglass 3
- Humped 0
- Humped, Concave 0
- Lunate 1
- Lunate, Knobbed 5
- Ovate 2
- Ovate, Northern 0
- Ovate, Northern Double-Notched 1
- Ovate, Notched 1
- Ovate, Southern 13
- Panel 1
- Pick 4
- Pick, Curved 5
- Pick, Single-Pronged 0
- Pick, Straight 0
- Plaster Cast 5
- Rectangular 1
- Rectangular Barreled 2
- Reel 1
- Saddleface 0
- Saddleface, Hooked 0
- Saddleface, Horned 2
- Shield 5
- Shuttle 0
- Triangular 6
- Tube, Oval 2
- Tube, Round 0
- Tube, Square 0
- Tube, Triangular 0
- Tubular 1
- Wisconsin Wing 7