STONE

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

STONE

Entry/Object ID

143/467

Description

IRREGULAR SHAPED/ HOLE AT TOP/ CAT. SAYS "PENDANT WINGED BANNER STONE"

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

County

Marion County

State/Province

Indiana

Culture/Tribe

Needs to be Identified

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

STONE

Parts

Count

Material

Stone

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Notes

This bannerstone was found in Marion County, Indiana, where the Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, and Delaware tribes lived. This bannerstone likely dates to the Archaic period, which dates from 6000-1000 BCE. Archaeologists are not 100% sure what bannerstones were used for, but it has been hypothesized that these were added to arrows, spears, or atlatls to help provide counterbalance and increase accuracy and power.