Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 3000-1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Thomas G. Went, Non-Indian
- Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
- Seller
- Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Thomas G. Went; given by Thomas Went to Colonel Bennett H. Young (1843-1919, Confederate cavalry officer, amateur archaeologist, and author of works on Kentucky archaeology); purchased by George Heye from Colonel Young in 1915.
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- Place
- Mercer County; Kentucky; USA
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/7689
- Barcode
- 047689.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_51574