chunkey
- noun
- US
- In his right hand is a chunkey stone, pulled back as if about to be launched forward along the ground.
- chunkey stone
- Cahokia-style chunkey
Examples
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He grips a wooden pole with his left hand and holds a chunkey stone in his right.
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Archaeologists have found Cahokia-style chunkey stones to the south of the city, as well as north of the core Mississippian area.
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In his left hand, he holds two short chunkey sticks.
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After 1050, judging from their possession of Cahokia-style chunkey stones, many peoples across eastern North America adopted the game.
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Archaeologists sometimes find these early chunkey stones among the debris associated with important buildings and village courtyards, signifying their communal importance.
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But the bigger geographic pattern is revealing: archaeologists have found no chunkey stones outside greater Cahokia dating before 1050.
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He noted that the "Cahokia-style" chunkey stones were delicately crafted and thinned.
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One of the primary vehicles for the growth of this new civilization may have been Cahokian envoys who carried chunkey stones in one hand and war clubs in the other as they ventured into the hinterlands with the purpose of making peace or political alliances.
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Self-trained archaeologist Gregory Perino was among the first to understand the significance of chunkey's chronology and the different styles of chunkey stones found throughout the Midwest.
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The players gathered in the field to compete, each aiming to hit the chunkey stone with their sticks.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chunkey originally named the round stone used in a Native American game. It comes from the name used by Native players, probably from a Native language, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of chunk because the stone is like a 'chunk of rock' that served as the 'target'.
