PROBLEMATIC
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RECTANGULOID BIFACE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739211000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RECTANGULOID BIFACE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.6
- Length
- 4.5
- Width
- 1.4
- Description
- MOTTLED GREY-WHITE CHALCEDONY. CONVEX ENDS (ALMOST POINTED). CONVEX CROSS SECTION. ONE LATERAL EDGE IS CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. BIFACIALLY FLAKED.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. 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, 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 QUESTIONED THE 1700 DATE, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A NEW DATE IN ITS PLACE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739211000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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