Prehistoric Rock Excavated in Anacostia

Object Details

Date: 8000 BC-1600 AD

Medium: stone
Dimensions: 5/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 3/8 in. (0.8 × 5 × 3.5 cm)

Caption: In the early 1980s, archaeologists excavated land along Howard Road, SE before construction began on the Anacostia Metro Station in southeast Washington, DC. Their discoveries included this prehistoric rock, or, in archeological terms, lithic. (Lithos is the Greek word for “rock.”)

Accession Number: 1991.0064.0003b

Type: archeaological lithics

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Data Source: Anacostia Community Museum

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl8d4d13086-707d-4b10-aa40-781e20bda3a8

Record ID: acm_1991.0064.0003b

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