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Object Number 77-65-10/12822
Display Title Stone bead
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone bead, discoidal
Classification
  • Discoidal Bead
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 1250 - 1450
Culture
  • Thruston Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Tennessee / Davidson County / <City> / T.F. Wilkinson's Farm; Gordontown Site; Tennessee State # 40Dv6
Intrasite Ash mound; burial?
Additional Geographic Terms 9 miles from Nashville; Mill Creek headwaters; 1 mile northeast of Brentwood
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm (11/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 12.822
Provenance
Collector Edwin Curtiss (11/01/1877)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (12/26/1877)

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