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| Title: | The archaic banner-stone: a social category marker |
| Authors: | Precourt, Prudence |
| Keywords: | Banner-stone
Atlatl weight
Archaic
Ornamental artifact |
| Issue Date: | 1973 |
| Publisher: | Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University |
| Citation: | Author. (1973). Title. -- In.: Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v.5, no.1, p. |
| Series/Report no.: | LAJ
v.5, no.1 |
| Abstract: | Over the past decades a great variety of' explanations has been offered to describe the function of' the banner-stone, one of' the articles traditionally included in the class or "problematic” stone artifacts from the Archaic period or the Eastern Woodlands area of North America. Rather than consider a single function explanation, this paper will consider both the utilitarian and non-utilitarian aspects of this artifact. Evidence indicates that in its utilitarian aspect, the banner-stone was employed as an atlatl weight. As a non-utilitarian object, I propose that the banner-stone functioned as the marker or symbol of a category of ranked status positions. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1658 |
| ISSN: | 0047-3928 |
| Appears in Collections: | Lambda Alpha Journal of Man 5, no.1, 1973
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