From left to right: Christine, Sam, Lauren
Best of luck, Sam and Christine!
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Sam and Christine are Graduating!
This has been the last semester for Sam and Christine at SMU! Dr. Eiselt, Rachel, and I (Lauren) are going to miss both their hard work and shenanigans!
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3D Scans Galore: Ground Stone
Here are some more scans we made from the Collins Collection. Thank you again to our Mustangs Give Back Donors for making this possible!
All of these models are ground stones. Ground stone are different than flintknapped stone, because they were made using different methods. As you might guess, flintknapped tools were made by flintknapping, a process in which a stone is chipped away or flaked by another stone to create a tool, like a projectile point. A ground stone is produced through abrasion: either grinding or pecking, to form the shape that the crafter wanted.
Here is a grooved axe, SMU 92.1.278.20.
This is a Chunkey Circle Roller, SMU 92.1.278.10. Rollers like this were used in Chunkey, a game played by southeastern Native American groups.
The last ground stone we scanned was Birdstone SMU 92.1.126.3. Birdstones are a type of bannerstone, which were used as weights on atlatls, a prehistoric dart throwing device. Most bannerstones have a butterfly shape. An alternative is a boat stone, which was used for the same purpose. Boatstones, like birdstones, are named for their shape, which is a hollowed out "cup" (think paper-boat shape).
When attached to an atlatl, these bannerstones would have added more leverage, giving the dart-thrower greater propulsion. Here is an example of how they were attached:
All of these models are ground stones. Ground stone are different than flintknapped stone, because they were made using different methods. As you might guess, flintknapped tools were made by flintknapping, a process in which a stone is chipped away or flaked by another stone to create a tool, like a projectile point. A ground stone is produced through abrasion: either grinding or pecking, to form the shape that the crafter wanted.
Here is a grooved axe, SMU 92.1.278.20.
This is a Chunkey Circle Roller, SMU 92.1.278.10. Rollers like this were used in Chunkey, a game played by southeastern Native American groups.
The last ground stone we scanned was Birdstone SMU 92.1.126.3. Birdstones are a type of bannerstone, which were used as weights on atlatls, a prehistoric dart throwing device. Most bannerstones have a butterfly shape. An alternative is a boat stone, which was used for the same purpose. Boatstones, like birdstones, are named for their shape, which is a hollowed out "cup" (think paper-boat shape).
When attached to an atlatl, these bannerstones would have added more leverage, giving the dart-thrower greater propulsion. Here is an example of how they were attached:
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
3D Scans Galore: Lithics and Clay
On March 7th SMU hosted Mustangs Give Back Day! Mustangs Give Back Day is an event where SMU departments and organizations raise money to fund projects or other needs. The SMU Collections Management Team raised money so we could work more on our 3D scanning. Thank you to all our Mustangs Give Back Donors!
We started with some large projectile points and a knife from the Collins Collection:
SMU 92.1.2.41
SMU 92.1.95
And then we scanned a Wyandotte Chert Disc from the Collins Collection (SMU 92.1.177.286). Many discs like this were found at the Hopwell site in southern Indiana. More than 8,000 of these discs were found in a cache in Mound 2.
We started with some large projectile points and a knife from the Collins Collection:
SMU 92.1.2.41
And then we scanned a Wyandotte Chert Disc from the Collins Collection (SMU 92.1.177.286). Many discs like this were found at the Hopwell site in southern Indiana. More than 8,000 of these discs were found in a cache in Mound 2.
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