- Name:
- Abrading stone / burnishing tool
- Description:
Artifact Type: Abrading stone / burnishing tool
Material: Fine-grained stone
Manufacture: Ground and polished
Shape: Convex working surface with flattened reverse side
Ends: Both ends smoothed and finished
Length: Approximately 2–2.5 inches
Function: Smoothing, burnishing, or abrading tool
Cultural Period: Archaic – Woodland (approx. 6000 BCE – 1000 CE)
Provenance: Unknown; from same archaeological collection (Tennessee Collection)
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.204
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 653
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Abrading stone
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 1.5" x .625" x .125"
- Type/Materials:
- Fine-grained stone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- Unknown
- Origin City/Town:
- Unknown
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)