Name/Title
Indian ArtifactDescription
George Jordan was an early Shelby County collector and amatuer archaeologist. Archaic pick bannerstone, has rounding edges, hole has been drilled through the middle width -wise. Smooth slate color. Some dark banding in slate appears to be roughly concentric circles around drilled hole. Slight bulge to surface where hole is drilled, ends at bannerstone tube away from bulge. In 2000, Teresa Putty, Paleontologist, dated this arifact as Archaic Period, 8000-6000 BC.Collection
Found In CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1985.001Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Notes
Date: 8000 BC-6000 BCCreate Date
April 18, 2001Update Date
June 26, 2004