- Name:
- Hammerstone / pitted hammerstone
- Description:
Artifact: Hammerstone / pitted hammerstone
Material: Quartzite or dense river stone
Size: ~4.5–5 in long
Function: Percussion tool used for cracking nuts, breaking bone, or flintknapping; the pitted depression suggests repeated hammering use
Cultural period: Archaic–Woodland
Provenance: Near Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.188
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 623
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Hammerstone
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 5" x 2" x 1"
- Type/Materials:
- Quartzite
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- GA
- Origin City/Town:
- Dalton
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
