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Image Not Available for Ground stone hammerstone, oval shaped, quartzite.
Ground stone hammerstone, oval shaped, quartzite.
Image Not Available for Ground stone hammerstone, oval shaped, quartzite.
Object Number 985-27-10/75730
Display Title Ground stone hammerstone, oval shaped, quartzite.
Descriptions
Object Description Smoothing stone
Inventory Description Ground stone hammerstone, oval shaped, quartzite.
Classification
  • Hammer Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Georgia / Columbia County
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/75730/ 7205.
Provenance
Collector Charles C. Jones, Jr. (1927)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1927 - 1985)

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