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HammerstoneW3/19/5340

One side is convex and smooth, battering is most pronounced here. Remaining cobble is fractured and irregular in form.

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone1-890

Hammerstone, grooved. Locality: Grays Harbor Co., Site G.H.15. Remarks: Mus. Exped. surface, survey.* *Information comes from original accession ledger.

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone1-889

Hammerstone, andesite. Locality: Grays Harbor Co., Site G.H.6. Remarks: Mus. Exped. surface, survey.* *Information comes from original accession ledger.

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone4722

Stone hammer or mallet for beating raw hide strips. Locality: Snake River, 20 miles from mouth of river.* Located in Archaeology. C. Svensson 1/28/02 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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HammerstoneW3/3/1209

Brown round in cross section pebble, tapered at one end, round end is concave from battering.

Material
pebble
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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HammerstoneW3/4/825

Brown rectangular cobble with round edges and convex battering end.

Material
chert stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone1966-86/137

Surface Depth: 0.0-1.0 Broken hammerstones.

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone2955

Stone hammer.* Fide donor GTE: Top of stone hand hammer. The most common stone implement found about Lytton, either dug up on old village sites or preserved by the present generation, is the hand hammer or pestle. It is made from a variety of fine-grained rocks, generally of convenient size and shaped boulders that require the least amount of labor to bring them to the required shape. Such pieces are pecked into shape, having a heavy base sometimes deep, the sides meeting the bottom at right angles, and again greatly expanded. The body of the hammer where it is grasped by the hand is generally smaller than the expanded head which is variously shaped with a conoidal knot or contracted to a long conical point. Although the rudest specimens taper gradually from the base to the rounded head. The rudest specimens are simply pecked into shape, while the finer ones, after shaping, are beautifully ground or smoothed. In several instances among those here described, the heads are given the forms of animal heads. These hand hammers were used for a variety of purposes and the worn surfaces readily indicate their use. Those used as hand mashers for crushing roots, nuts, berries, etc. show smooth flattened or slightly convex bases, while those used as hammers for driving wedges, stakes, etc., show a well worn concave base and offer flattened and worn sides of the base. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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HammerstoneW3/15/3858

Oval cobble, uniform in shape. Brown and black laminations. Battering on top and bottom.

Material
chert stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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HammerstoneW3/13/3227

Green cylindrical pebble, very battered on two surfaces and on both ends. One end is chipped bifacially.

Material
pebble
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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