Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1927 by Frederick Preston Orchard (1891-1977, son of MAI staff member William C. Orchard) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Frederick Preston Orchard (F. P. Orchard), Non-Indian, 1891-1977
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Abrader/Grinding stone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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