Name/Title
Indian ArtifactDescription
George Jordan was an early Shelby County collector and amatuer archaeologist. Early archaic winged butterfly bannerstone, shaded with alternating dark and light gray stripes running crosswise. 1" thick at center point, each side tapers down to 1/8" thick. A 1 1/8" hole drilled in one end which is flat. Other end is slightly concave with a mark mid center. Wings are reversed in shape. 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 4, 2001Update Date
June 26, 2004