What is Bannerstone Typology?
Article and photos provided by Dr. Anna Blume, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/typology
The Archaic Bannerstone Project (ABP) distinguishes 24 bannerstone types based on terms established by Byron Knoblock in his 1939 text Banner-stones of the North American Indian. Below, bannerstones can be browsed by these types and sub-types. As more collections are photographed and added to this ABP site we hope to include examples of all 24 types.
- Anomalous1
- Ball0
- Ball, Fluted2
- Bottle1
- Bottle, Single-Faced0
- Butterfly4
- Butterfly, Double-Notched9
- Butterfly, Quartz3
- Butterfly, Single-Notched4
- Crescent7
- Crescent (miniature)1
- Crescent, Double2
- Crescent, Notched0
- Double Bitted Axe0
- Double Edged3
- Geniculate3
- Hinge0
- Hourglass2
- Humped0
- Humped, Concave0
- Lunate0
- Lunate, Knobbed5
- Ovate2
- Ovate, Northern0
- Ovate, Notched1
- Ovate, Southern13
- Panel0
- Pick4
- Pick, Curved4
- Pick, Single-Pronged0
- Pick, Straight0
- Rectangular1
- Rectangular Barreled2
- Reel1
- Saddleface0
- Saddleface, Hooked0
- Saddleface, Horned1
- Shield4
- Shuttle0
- Triangular4
- Tube, Oval2
- Tube, Round0
- Tube, Square0
- Tube, Triangular0
- Wisconsin Wing7
