History through material culture.
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Drum Stones- Seip Earthworks, OH
With the help of Shawnee leaders, Archaeologists Lepper and Barnes reinterpreted these stones as weights attached to water drums.
Cruciform- The Clearwater Site, AZ
Most cruciforms have one of two features in common: they were either broken and throw away or placed as grave goods in male burials.
Archaic Donut Stones- San Diego, CA
Donut stones were large, perforated stones used as weights. In California, donut stones have been a lithic tradition since the Archaic period.