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Title
Birdstone
Subject
Effigies
Prehistoric peoples
Time Period
Late
Archaic
Description
This
birdstone
is
made
from
banded
slate
in the
shape
of a
stylized
bird
. Its
base
is
ground
flat
with
two
holes
drilled
diagonally
through
each
corner
,
presumably
for
attachment
to
some
other
surface
. The
bird
effigy
has a
thin
,
elongated
body
in the
shape
of an
equilateral
triangle
,
which
turns
up
slightly
at the
tail
. The
beak
is
narrow
and
tapering
,
flattened
at the
tip
. The
underside
of the
head
is
flat
. The
birdstone
is
gray
with
very
dark
gray
bands
.
Birdstones
are
perhaps
the
most
puzzling
of
all
prehistoric
American
Indian
objects
.
Although
they are
usually
linked
with the
Glacial
Kame
people
,
birdstones
have also been
found
in
Late
Archaic
sites
in
New
York
and
Pennsylvania
. The
specific
function
of
birdstones
is
unknown
, but they
may
have
served
as
highly-decorative
spearthrower
weights
. This
particular
birdstone
is
a
product
of
Glacial
Kame
Culture
.
Glacial
Kame
people
are
noted
for their
emphasis
on
ceremony
, but their
daily
lives
were
much
like
those of
other
Archaic
cultures
. They
hunted
with
spears
aided
by
spear
throwers
.
Deer
, their
major
source
of
meat
, also
provided
antler
tines
that were
made
into
tools
for
pressure
flaking
flint
knives
and
spear
points
, or into
harpoons
for
fishing
.
Deer
leg
bones
were
cut
and
ground
into
sharp-pointed
awls
for
sewing
and
basket
making
.
Slate
and
coal
from
glacial
deposits
were
made
into
ornaments
,
perhaps
for "
everyday
"
use
.
Collection
Undocumented
Artifacts
from the
First
Ohioans
Exhibit
Source
WH04
Box
CF0023
; A
4786/000062
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
A4786_000062_1.tif
Format
picture
;
artifacts
Extent
39.5 mm high, 145.7 mm long, 22.7 mm wide, 88 g weight.
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