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Object Number 82-46-10/27688
Display Title Hammerstone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, rounded oblong pounding stone with flat, pitted ends
Classification
  • Pounding Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Jersey / Mercer County / Trenton
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm (2 1/4 × 1 11/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27688
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles C. Abbott (1882)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1882)

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