Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected at an unknown date by James E. Byrd (1911-2002, an amateur archaeologist and local historian in Suffolk, Virginia); purchased by MAI from James Byrd in 1950.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Early Woodland Traditions
- Collector
- James E. Byrd, Non-Indian, 1911-2002
- Seller
- James E. Byrd, Non-Indian, 1911-2002
- Date created
- 6000–200 BC (Middle Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
