Hammerstone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1550 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition
- C.B. Moore-M.R. Harrington Tennessee Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Expedition sponsor
- Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1919 during the C.B. Moore-M.R. Harrington Tennessee Expedition, led by MAI staff member Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971) and sponsored by MAI trustee and archaeologist Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852-1936).
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- Place
- Bussell Place, Mainland village site, Tennessee River opposite Lenoir City; Lenoir City; Loudon County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/3886
- Barcode
- 093886.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Quartz
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_100931