- Name:
- Hammerstone / pounding stone
- Description:
Artifact: Hammerstone / pounding stone
Material: Quartzite or dense river cobble
Size: ~3–3.5 in diameter
Function: Percussion tool used for cracking nuts, breaking bone, or shaping stone tools
Cultural period: Archaic–Woodland
Provenance: Cherokee County, Alabama
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.186
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 609
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Hammerstone
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 3.625 x 3" x 2"
- Type/Materials:
- Quartzite
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- AL
- Origin City/Town:
- Cherokee County
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
