BIFACE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ASYMMETRICAL BIFACE (FRAGMENT)
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739201000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ASYMMETRICAL BIFACE (FRAGMENT)
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.6
- Width
- 2.4
- Description
- LIGHT GREY CHALCEDONY. TRUNCATED LATERALLY; LARGE POT-LID SPALL REMOVED FROM ONE SURFACE. END IS CONVEX. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. BIFACIALLY FLAKED. ONE HALF MISSING.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. 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 "SOME TYPE OF BIFACE". ADDITIONALLY, SHE QUESTIONED THE 1700 - BP DATE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739201000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-09
- Collection
- Museum
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