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Object Number 19-22-10/92758
Display Title Pestle or hammerstone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hammerstone, oblong pebble with pecked wear on one half
Classification
  • Hammer Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Knox County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms St. George River; Turkey Cove; Turkey Point
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm (2 7/8 × 1 5/16 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 92758; J11
Provenance
Donor Donated by Arlo Bates (1919)
Donor Donated by Mr. Oric Bates (1919)

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