Hammerstone
87-39-1135
From: Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Biel | Nidau
Curatorial Section: European
Object Number | 87-39-1135 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Neolithic | Swiss Lake Dweller |
Provenience | Switzerland | Bern Canton | Lake Biel | Nidau |
Locus | Steinberg = Stone hill |
Period | Neolithic |
Date Made | 4300-2450 BCE |
Section | European |
Materials | Gneiss |
Description | Geniss. Discoidal. Shows effect of fire. (VB 1941) (HNW 1933) |
Height | 3.8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1987 |
Other Number | L-37-1135 - Old Museum Number | 1174 - Collector Number | 7 - Original Number |
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