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We still class bannerstones ( at least at Commons) as atlatl weights. Our article, basically, waffles. I recently added an illo of a bannerstone used as a weight on a hand-drill, and here's a sensible laysummary: What are Bannerstones?, They basically comes down on the side of "ceremonial objects", the old archaeologists code word for "we don't know".
Oddly, no one addresses the use as drill weights since the 1916 report, that I came across. Same argument applies as for ceremonial weapons: master toolmakers expend great time and expense on "show tools" -- though less so than on weapons, in present-day Anglo culture anyway. Old Europeans more so?? Maybe the Archaic Indians were more sensible? -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 01:57, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
And here's an article that illustrates the wide variety of Bannerstones that have been found, or at least aerifacts that collectors call Bannerstones: Bannerstones by Peach State Archaeological Society. This article is more supportive of the atlatl-weight hypothesis. Interesting. -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 03:53, 19 November 2017 (UTC)