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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)

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