BANNER STONE

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BANNER STONE

Entry/Object ID

1980.1.4

Description

BANNER STONE/2 HOLES IN CENTER/EACH END IN ANCHOR/SHAPED

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Indiana

Culture/Tribe

Needs to be Identified

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

BANNER STONE

Dimensions

Height

5/8 in

Width

4-5/8 in

Length

5-1/4 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 2, 2007

Research Notes

Notes

This bannerstone was found in Indiana. Quite a few of the bannerstones in the collection of the St. Joseph Museums were discovered in Indiana, as that part of what is now the United States was a relatively heavily populated region when these stone tools were being used (about 5,000 years ago). There are three bannerstones on this shelf in this exhibit, each one drastically different in shape, size, and stone type even while serving similar purposes (as a counterweight on a spear, arrow, or atlatl)