POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRAIRIE SIDE-NOTCHED ARROWHEAD
- Date Range From
- 1000
- Date Range To
- 250BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19738037000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRAIRIE SIDE-NOTCHED ARROWHEAD
- Date Range From
- 1000
- Date Range To
- 250BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.1
- Width
- 1.2
- Description
- COARSE WHITE CHALCEDONY. BROKEN BASAL EDGE. SIDE NOTCHED POINT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS INDIGENOUS 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 AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. CONCEQUENTLY, SHE CALLED THE POINT A "PRAIRIE SIDE-NOTCHED ARROWHEAD" AND QUESTIONED THE RECORD'S ORIGINAL 1200 - 1750 DATE, PROPOSING IT'S CLOSER TO 1000 - 250 BP.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738037000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-03
- Collection
- Museum
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