PROBLEMATIC
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RECTANGULOID BIFACE
- Materials
- QUARTZITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19738144000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RECTANGULOID BIFACE
- Materials
- QUARTZITE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 8.6
- Width
- 4.0
- Description
- BROWN QUARTZITE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. SURFACE COLLECTED FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS SITE. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S "POINT" AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. CONCEQUENTLY, THIS RECORD WAS REVISED TO NO LONGER DEFINE THE ARTIFACT AS A PROJECTILE POINT, BUT AS A PROBLEMATIC ON ACCOUNT THAT IT'S NOT KNOWN WHAT THE STONE TOOL WAS USED FOR. ADDITIONALLY, SHE FELT THE PREVIOUS 1700-BP DATE WAS INCORRECT, BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE A NEW DATE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738144000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-04
- Collection
- Museum
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