Curious Bannerstones Used By Prehistoric Native Americans For Unknown Purpose

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 8,000 years ago, ancient Americans suddenly started producing unusual objects known today as bannerstones. The purpose of these curious artifacts has eluded scholars who are still in the dark trying to find out why the objects were valuable to Archaic people.

Curious Bannerstones Used By Prehistoric Native Americans For Unknown Purpose

Image credit National Museum of the American Indian – Compilation by AncientPages.com

Bannerstones have been unearthed in many places, but mainly in the Eastern United States.

These baffling ancient objects made from different stone materials vary in size and shape, and some of them are truly unique.

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