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Name:
Reworked ground stone celt (hammer/pestle form)

Description:

Artifact type: Reworked celt / hammerstone
Material: Greenstone or basalt
Length: ~4 in
Culture: Eastern Woodlands
Date: Late Archaic – Woodland period
Provenance: Tennessee (likely Chattanooga region)

Accession Number:
2024.1.165

Prior Inventory Number:
109

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
celt

Object Size (LxWxH):
3.25" x .875" x .5"

Type/Materials:
Basalt

Origin Continent:
North America

Origin Country:
United States

Origin State/Province:
TN

Origin City/Town:
Horse Creek

Date/Era:
Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)

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