Notched Stone Tool, Prehistoric Stone Tool
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Gray stone tool with notches at one end. This object was collected by the United States Geological Survey from the Potomac drainage in Maryland or Virginia prior to 1913. The specimen was possibly used as an axe or as a tool to dig. The stone used to make this tool was most likely green stone or a type of common stone found on the ground surface. Overall measurements are approximately 8.6 cm long and 6.4 cm at its widest point.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Potomac drainage, North America, United States, Maryland; Virginia
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2468
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Stone