Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1200

Date Range To

1750

Materials

STONE

No. Pieces

1

Height

11.6

Width

9

Description

PLAINS INDIGENOUS MAUL OR HAMMERSTONE, GRANITIC LITHIC. DISTAL SURFACE WELL FLATTENED, GROOVE CLEARLY DEFINED.

Subjects

INDIGENOUS

ARMAMENT-BLUDGEON

Historical Association

ARCHAEOLOGY

History

NORTHWESTERN PLAINS, PROBABLY LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD. DONOR FOUND ON FARM IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. GOOD EXAMPLE OF PLAINS INDIGENOUS PRE-CONTACT CULTURE. DONOR RETIRED & RESIDING IN LETHBRIDGE. REMAINDER OF DONATION ENTERED IN EDUCATION COLLECTION.

Catalogue Number

P19890042001

Acquisition Date

1989-06

Collection

Museum

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