- Name:
- Discoidal (chunkey stone)
- Description:
Artifact Type: Discoidal (Chunkey Stone)
Material: Ground greenstone / igneous stone
Diameter: ~3 in (7.5 cm)
Thickness: ~1–1.25 in
Culture: Mississippian
Date: ca. AD 900–1500
Provenance: Tennessee River, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Function: Gaming stone used in the chunkey game
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.158
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 819
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Discoidal (Chunkey Stone)
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 2.25" x 2.125" x .625"
- Type/Materials:
- Igneous Stone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- TN
- Origin City/Town:
- Hamilton
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
