Hammerstone Item Number: 45LE587/2007/S37/2/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One brown and gray CVR circular hammerstone battering on one side and two ends. Red staining on the surface of the side that has the battering, possibly ochre. EH 5/2/2011
Collection Owner
Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Geographical Search Terms
Lewis County Lower Columbia North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Item History
- Collected by Drayton Archaeological Research on December 1, 2007
What
- Name
- Hammerstone
- Identification Number
- 45LE587/2007/S37/2/1
- Type of Item
- hammerstone
- Material
- crystalline volcanic rock stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- battered
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 107.9 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Drayton Archaeological Research
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on December 1, 2007
Other
- Accession Number
- 2009-41
- Classification
- Site Type: Historic and Pre-Contact Components
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavation Date
- 12/01/2007
- Site Number
- 45-LE-587
- Unit
- STP37
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped