Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000-1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
label: Expedition
content: Nacoochee Mound Expedition (1915)
label: Expedition leader
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Expedition sponsor
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), 1879-1965
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1915 by archaeologist George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) during the Nacoochee Mound Expedition, led by George Heye and funded by George Heye and the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Blairsville; Union County; Georgia; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/2828
label: Barcode
content: 042828.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled