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97-563-1529

From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Chickies | Rock Retreat

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-563-1529
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Chickies | Rock Retreat
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Quartzite
Technique Chipped
Description

"Quartzite of the locality". Roughly square stone. Broad, rounded edge at one end has been worked and probably used as axe. Edge on one side has been notched.

Am.Philos.Soc.Trans.1881 Plate (12)10, fig.1

Length 13.4 cm
Width 10.7 cm
Thickness 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-563-1529 - Old Museum Number | 5900 - ANSP Number

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