Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 6500-1000 BC (Middle Archaic to Late Archaic period); possibly re-used by Early Mississippian peoples between AD 900 and 1250
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture); possibly used by South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
label: Previous owner
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
label: Seller
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1895; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Shields Mound, Mill Cove; Newcastle; Duval County; Florida; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: South Appalachian Mississippian: St. Johns II (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: 17/2335
label: Barcode
content: 172335.000
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