Prehistoric Rock Excavated in Anacostia
date: label: Date
content: 8000 BC-1600 AD
notes: label: Caption
content: In the early 1980s, archaeologists excavated land along Howard Road, SE before construction began on the Anacostia Metro Station in southeast Washington, DC. Their discoveries included this prehistoric rock, or, in archeological terms, lithic. (Lithos is the Greek word for “rock.”)
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991.0064.0003b
objectType: label: Type
content: archeaological lithics
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: stone
label: Dimensions
content: 5/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 3/8 in. (0.8 × 5 × 3.5 cm)