Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1700

Materials

QUARTZITE

No. Pieces

1

Length

8.7

Diameter

7.9

Description

GREY QUARTZITE. NATURAL COLOUR. GROUND/PECKED STONE ITEM WITH DEEP GROOVE AROUND MIDDLE, AND BOTH WORKING ENDS WELL FLATTENED AND IMPACTED FROM USE. MUCH OF SURFACE, PARTICULARLY GROOVED CENTRE, SHOWS DARK ORGANIC STAINING.

Subjects

INDIGENOUS

Historical Association

ARCHAEOLOGY

History

NORTHWESTERN PLAINS. PROBABLY LATE PREHISTORIC-HISTORIC PERIOD. FOUND BY DONOR, HALF BURIED IN SOD LEVEL NEAR S.W. CORNER OF FORT WHOOP-UP REPLICA IN INDIAN BATTLE PARK, 20 YDS. EAST (APPROXIMATE) OF OLD MAN RIVER, E.G. LETHBRIDGE MAP SHEET (1965)1:25000 NO. 82H/10F, GRID REF. 659056.

Catalogue Number

P19820012000

Acquisition Date

1981-04

Collection

Museum

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