Free Appraisals
Before getting started please read:
If you would like to have your Bannerstone appraised or find out more about it or if you would like to sell your bannerstone please submit photos to macsartifacts@gmail.com and we will help you. Please follow these instructions;
- Photos should be taken on a solid color background with adequate lighting.
- Send Photos of each side and a good clear photo of the hole.
- Photos should include a standard inch ruler for sizing purposes.
- Tell us a little bit about your Bannerstone you wish to sell or have appraised and how you acquired it. Good collector history and documentation always adds value to your Bannerstone.
By contacting us, you warrant that your artifacts were legally obtained according to theLaws governing collecting artifacts. You warrant they were not found on GovernmentProperty and were not taken from Burial Graves and they were found on privateproperty with the landowner’s permission. WE DO NOT CONDONE OR OFFER TO BUY ANY ARTIFACT RECOVERED ILLEGALLY. IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO SELL YOURS.
If you are ready and have read the notes above, please email macsartifacts@gmail.com
Learn About Bannerstones
Bannerstone Collections
All information is used with permission from Dr. Anna Blume. American Museum of Natural History In the collection are 61 bannerstones selected from the 462
Bannerstones of the North American Indian
Used with permission from Dr. Anna Blume Attached below is a downloadable PDF of the entire text of Byron Knoblock’s 1939 Banner-stones of the North American
Bannerstone Metrics
These metrics were established to further standardize the quantitative information we can gather regarding bannerstones (established by A. Blume, 2017).
Recommendation for the Photographing of Bannerstones
by Dr. Anna Blume Professor of the History of Art Fashion Institute of Technology State University of New York November 2019. Photographing bannerstones can reveal
Bannerstone Typology
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
A Chronology Of Bannerstones
Our understanding of banner types of the late Archaic Period is much better than the previous period due to the larger number of sites excavated