- Name:
- Full-grooved stone axe head
- Description:
Artifact: Full-grooved stone axe head
Material: Hardstone (likely basalt, greenstone, or dense sandstone)
Size: ~5–6 in long
Function: Woodworking tool used for chopping trees, splitting wood, and construction; hafted to a wooden handle at the groove
Cultural period: Late Archaic–Woodland
Provenance: Williams Island, Tennessee River, Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.179
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 674
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Full grooved axe head
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 6 x 3.5" x 1"
- Type/Materials:
- Greenstone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- TN
- Origin City/Town:
- Williams Island
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
