Pitted Hammerstone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1958
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1948
name: label: Collector
content: Frederick D. McCarthy
label: Collector
content: Frank M. Setzler
label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
label: Site Name
content: Macassar Well
notes: label: Notes
content: BIFACIAL, COROID EDGE GROUND AXE MADE INTO A HAMMERSTONE. REFER TO P.239 MCCARTHY AND SETZLER. SIZE: 3 3/4X 3 1/8". MADE OF DIORITE STONE, USED AT BOTH ENDS SEVERAL FLAKES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF, DEPRESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES. FOUND IN TRENCH B, 48" FROM STAKE I-8, 72" FROM STAKE H-8, DEPTH 16". (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 215944
label: USNM Number
content: A419652-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammer Stone
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9.53 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.95 cm