Milling Stone, Prehistoric Stone Tool
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
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: Round light brown modifiedquartz that is flat on either side. The specimen is believed to have been used either as a milling stone, hammerstone, or a game piece known as a chunkey stone. As a milling stone, the specimen would have been used to grind materials. The battered edges of the stone suggest possible use as a hammerstone, which was used in lithic production to strike flakes from a tool stone. Discoidal game stones were used in a hoop and stick game called chunkey by ancient Native Americans. Overall measurements are approximately 8.4 cm in diameter and 4 cm thick.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Nov 2023
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: EO2104
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Stone