Grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- probably AD 900-1800 (Mississippian period to historic times)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian or Cherokee (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1963 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Place
- Firepit 2; Mound at Stokely Canning Plant, south side of Tellico River, 3 miles east of Tellico Plains; Tellico Plains; Monroe 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
- 23/7807
- Barcode
- 237807.001
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_253353