Indian Artifact

Name/Title

Indian Artifact

Description

George Jordan was an early Shelby County collector and amatuer archaeologist. Glacial Kame Birdstone. Slate colored and ringed. Smooth and polished, one end and bottom flat; top side is flat on the sides and rounds up to gentle curve. Top extends into a neck, head shape. The piece has the appearance of a bird with eye, nose, mouth holes. Two drilled holes running inward from the endes to the bottom. Small nick cut into the slate at the back smooth end of piece along the bottom side edge. In 2000, Teresa Putty, Paleontologist, dated this artifact as Woodland Period, 1000 BC-800 AD. 01/20/2018 Identified by Luke Cord as Glacial Kame Birdstone (Woodland Period: 1000-800 BP

Collection

George Jordan

Acquisition

Accession

1985.001

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 1000 BC-AC 800

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 16, 2001

Create Date

May 16, 2001

Update Date

May 7, 2025