- Name:
- Ground stone celt (axe preform)
- Description:
Native American quartzite celt preform (~6 inches) from the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, showing pecking but no finished blade edge, indicating an unfinished axe.
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.235
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 673
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- celt
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 6.75" x 2" x .1"
- Type/Materials:
- Quartzite
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- TN
- Origin City/Town:
- Chattanooga
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
