- Name:
- Stone celt (broken bit) / ungrooved axe head fragment
- Description:
Artifact: Stone celt fragment (ungrooved axe head bit)
Material: Hardstone (likely greenstone, basalt, or dense slate)
Size: ~3–3.5 in long (fragment)
Function: Woodworking tool used for chopping or shaping wood; originally hafted to a wooden handle
Cultural period: Woodland–Mississippian
Provenance: Jolly’s Island, Tennessee River, Tennessee
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.184
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 624
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- celt
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 4.5" x 2.75" x 1"
- Type/Materials:
- Greenstone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- TN
- Origin City/Town:
- Jolly's Island
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
