A Monolithic Ax from Alabama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2562872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl F Miller (0000-0002-2409-5310, Smithsonian Institution, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-183 |
| Publication date | 1958-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/277481 |
| OpenAlex | W1973425630 |
| Language | EN |
An elaborately carved fragment of metamorphosed schist was sent to me not long ago. I was told that it was plowed up in a field near Fosters, Alabama, which is approximately 7 miles north of Moundville State Park and thus well within the sphere of influence of that cultural center. The specimen is owned by James Willard Dorroh of Buhl, Alabama.The object constitutes the major portion of a very beautifully carved monolithic ceremonial ax (Fig. 1) superficially resembling one in the Peabody Museum at Yale University (Cat. No. 3701) which has been described by Saville (1916: 5) and MacCurdy (1916: 301
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |