- Name:
- Ground stone celt or adze (small woodworking tool)
- Description:
Small ground stone celt or adze from a Tennessee River Valley Native American artifact collection. The tapered body and smoothed surfaces indicate a woodworking tool used by Archaic to Woodland period cultures for carving or shaping wood.
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.212
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 646
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Adze, celt
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 2.5" x 1" 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)
