Name/Title
Indian ArtifactDescription
George Jordan was an early Shelby County collector and amatuer archaeologist. Archaic ball bannerstone, one side is tannish gray in color dark gray rings near the smaller end. They circle a light gray patch which has a dark pattern in its center. Other side is generally darker and not as symmetrically shaped. Also has dark gray rings which circle a deeper egg shaped blue-green area. Ball is not quite round, slightly wider at one spot before rounding again. Has a hole 1" deep drilled at one end only. In 2000, Teresa Putty, Paleontologist, dated this artifact as Archaic Period, 8000 BC-6000 BC.Collection
Found In CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1985.001Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Notes
Date: 8000 BC-6000 BCCreate Date
May 3, 2001Update Date
June 26, 2004