Worked stone
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- Date created
- AD 800-1500
- Culture/People
- probably Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Maurice M. Dewolf, Non-Indian, 1902-1993
- Marian Watts Dewolf (Mrs. Maurice Dewolf), Non-Indian, 1902-1987
- Donor
- Maurice M. Dewolf, Non-Indian, 1902-1993
- Marian Watts Dewolf (Mrs. Maurice Dewolf), Non-Indian, 1902-1987
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1933 by Maurice M. Dewolf (1902-1993) and Marian Watts Dewolf (1902-1987); donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Dewolf in 1933.
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- Place
- Shell midden, Cacique’s Ridge, Retreat Peninsula; Retreat; Saint Ann Parish; Middlesex County; Jamaica
- Archipelago
- Greater Antilles
- Island Name
- Jamaica
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Meillacan Ostionoid (Meillacoid) (archaeological culture)
- Materials: Waste
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/4783
- Barcode
- 184783.000
- Object Type
- Materials: Waste
- Object Name
- Worked stone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_197647