Hammerstone Item Number: 2.5E924 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
An 11.2 cm. long pear-shaped smooth, black stone (possibly a hammerstone). Stone is flat on one side, bulging on the opposite side. Both ends of stone are worn and show signs of use (i.E. scratches, embedded soil, etc.). Subgroup: Columbia Slough, b/w Willamette R. & Columbia R.
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Dixon Wright
Geographical Search Terms
Columbia River Lower Columbia Multnomah County North America Northwest Coast Oregon Pacific Northwest Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Don A. Rockwood on February 9, 1982
What
- Name
- Hammerstone
- Identification Number
- 2.5E924
- Type of Item
- hammerstone
- Material
- stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- pecked and ground
- Overall
- length 11.2 cm, width 6.5 cm, height 4.5 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 481.5 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Don A. Rockwood
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on February 9, 1982
Other
- Accession Number
- 1982-12
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Wright, Dixon M.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Modified