Archaic Period axe
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 6,000-4,000 BCE
- Description
Native American axe head of polished black soapstone with grooving for wooden handle attachment.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Equipment
Tools
Axes (tools)
Native American
Archaic (North American)
Indigenous peoples of North America - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Length: (7.25 in)Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Archaic Period axe. circa 6,000-4,000 BCE. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1782. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 6,000-4,000 BCE) Archaic Period axe. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1782
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1782>.