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Name:
Celt fragment (ground stone woodworking tool)

Description:

Artifact: Celt fragment (ground stone woodworking tool)
Material: Dense igneous stone (likely basalt/diabase)
Manufacture: Ground and polished
Condition: Broken butt end; intact working tip
Function: Woodworking chisel/adze
Period: Archaic–Woodland (broad estimate)

Accession Number:
2024.1.201

Prior Inventory Number:
645

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
celt

Object Size (LxWxH):
2.75" x 1" x .75"

Type/Materials:
Basalt

Origin Continent:
N/A

Origin Country:
N/A

Date/Era:
Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)

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