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Item #SP17. A black polished hardstone Plummet measuring
1- 1/4" tall and 1- 1/8" wide. Grooved for suspension. It is from the 1865 excavation site of Clarence B Moore's
Dead River Mounds complex on the Oklawaha River in Marion County, Florida.
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Item: #BN23. A very well made stone plummet
from Bradenton, Florida. Formerly part of the old Ralph Burnworth collection.
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#43. A fine green steatite expanded center plummet, measuring 3 5/8" long, and 3/4" wide with a suspension groove at the top,
and a thinly engraved line encircling the widest portion of the piece, about two thirds of the way down. Rare material for
a Florida plummet. Found on Turtle Mound, near New Smyrna Beach, Florida in the 1950's by Norm Grogitski. Pictured in
the Central States Archaeological Society Journal, Volume 55, April 2008 Number 2
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Item: #217. A beautiful double ended stone plummet from
Florida. It measures 2 9/16" long and 7/16" wide, and is ground flat on both sides as is common on Florida stone and
shell plummets.
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Item: #ST86a. An
unusually dark Florida plummet measuring 2 1/2" long and 15/16" wide. It is deeply grooved for suspension and is made
from what I believe to be river stained limestone. The material is pourous and light weight yet dense enough to hold a smooth
surface. It is flawless.
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Item #SP18. A Florida Limestone Plummet measuring 2-
1/4" tall and 1" wide. Grooved for suspension. It is from the 1865 excavation site of Clarence B Moore's Dead River Mounds
complex on the Oklawaha River in Marion County, Florida.
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Item #5A. A large stone Plummet from Gulfport, Pinellas
County, Florida. It is a made of some type of coral, or fossilized limestone. It measures: 3 3/4" long, and 1 1/4" wide. Woodland
period, 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #9A. A dark stone Plummet from Citrus County,
Florida. It measures: 2 3/4" long and 1 3/8"" wide. Woodland period: 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #8A. A stone Plummet from Hernando County, Florida.It
measures: 2" long, and 1 1/8" wide. The back is ground flat and the top is nicely grooved. Woodland period: 1500BP.
Pictured
in CSAS Journal.
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Item #2A. A stone Plummet from Hernando County, Florida.
It measures: 1 3/4" long and 1" wide. Woodland period: 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #6A. A fossilized limestone Plummet from Pinellas
County, Florida. It measures: 1 1/2" long and 3/4" wide.
Woodland period 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #7A. A limestone Plummet from Hernando County,
Florida measuring: 2" long and 1 1/8" wide. Nicely grooved. Woodland period, 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #3A. A stone Plummet from Citrus County, Florida.
It measures: 2" long and 1" wide. It is made of heavily patinated fossilized limestone. The groove is somewhat weathered,
probably from being rolled around in the surf. Woodland period: 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #211. A Stone Plummet measuring 2 1/4" long
and 9/16" wide. It was found in Southwest Florida and is attributed to the Calusa cultural period. 800AD - 1600AD.
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Item #110. An uncommon Mudstone Plummet
grooved for suspension measuring 2 1/4" long and 5/8" wide. It has been ground flat on both sides and was found near
Tampa Bay in West Central Florida.
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Item #4A. A stone Plummet from Hernando County, Florida.
It measures: 2 3/8" long and 1" wide. There is an area of ancient damage to the lower area that appears to have been worked
smooth. Woodland period: 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item: #MC9. A small limestone plummet from the Miami
Circle area, Dade County, Florida.
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Item: #SM1. A very symmetrical and smooth ungrooved
hardstone plummet from Central Florida. Formerly in the collection of Guy Waters.
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Item: #SM2. Another fine, well made hardstone ungrooved Florida
plummet. Former Guy Waters collection.
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Item: #ES1 : A
symmetrical pecked Egg Stone measuring 2 1/8” X 1 ½”. The cultural period is Paleo, or Early Bolen . It
was a personal find while digging on private property in Brandon, FL. near a small pond.
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Item #1A. A large pebble style stone Plummet from
Gulfport, Pinellas County, Florida. It measures: 3 1/8" long and 1 3/8" wide. It is flat on both sides and about 5/8" thick.
Woodland period, 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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Item #202. A large Stone Bead that appears to
be manufactured from river stained limestone. It was found in the Aucilla River in North Florida. It measures 2" long and
is about 1" in diameter. The hole is nicely drilled the entire length.
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Item #1B. A grooved stone/loafstone from Cedar Key,
Florida. It is made of high quality white limestone, and measures 1 1/2"long 1" wide, and about 3/4" thick. Probably a Woodland
piece, 1500BP. Pictured in CSAS Journal.
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