Notes on the Banner Stone, With Some Inquiries as to its Purpose
Author(s): Arthur C Parker
Year: 1917
Summary
J. Whittaker: Found just before and after white man, in villages and mounds [incorrect info].
Experiment: winged form serves like fletching on spear, works also as spindle whorl in drilling.
Perhaps part of effigy bird forms associated with fire and lightning, maybe head ornament as on copper cut-out of falcon dancer from mound.
Moore's "mesh spacer" theory also possible, also idea of atlatl weight.
Manufacture described from specimens.
Cite this Record
Notes on the Banner Stone, With Some Inquiries as to its Purpose. Arthur C Parker. New York State Museum Bulletin. 196: 165-176. 1917 ( tDAR id: 423390)
Keywords
Temporal Keywords
Bronze Age
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Chalcolithic
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Iron Age
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Mesolithic
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Neolithic
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Newer Era
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Palaeolithic
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Viking Age
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager
Record Identifiers
ExArc Id(s): 10202
Notes
Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.