Abrader/Grinding stone (Image withheld, pending review)
Date created
AD 1300-1580 (Late Mississippian period)
Culture/People
possibly South Appalachian Mississippian: Lamar (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Excavator
Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley Towle), Non-Indian, 1902-1985
Donor
Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley Towle), Non-Indian, 1902-1985
Collection History
Excavated in 1926 by archaeologist Margaret E. Ashley (Margaret E. Ashley-Towle, 1902-1985) when she was a student at Columbia University; donated to MAI by Margaret E. Ashley in 1927.
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Place
12 miles southeast of Milledgeville; Oconee River; Milledgeville; Baldwin County; Georgia; USA