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Object Number 19-22-10/92776
Display Title Hammerstone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, pounding stone, tapered to slight knob at one end, wide and slightly rounded with pitting and evidence of wear at opposite end
Classification
  • Pounding Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms Bremen; Nash's Field
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.6 × 8.6 × 5.7 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 92776
Provenance
Donor Donated by Arlo Bates (1919)
Donor Donated by Mr. Oric Bates (1919)

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