- Name:
- Ground stone pendant or decorative effigy fragment
- Description:
Artifact Type: Ground stone pendant or ornamental object
Material: Fine-grained stone (likely sandstone or steatite)
Manufacturing Technique: Ground and shaped with smoothed surfaces
Condition: Intact with minor surface wear
Size: Approximately 2 inches long
Form / Edge Type: Tapered body with rounded knobbed base
Function: Likely personal ornament or decorative object
Cultural Period: Woodland – Mississippian (approx. 500 BCE – 1500 CE)
Find Location: Tennessee River Valley region (exact location unknown)
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.208
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 604
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Stone pendant
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 1.625" x .75" x .1875"
- Type/Materials:
- Sandstone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- Unknown
- Origin City/Town:
- Unknown
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)