POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BRACKEN POINT
- Date Range From
- 2800
- Date Range To
- 2100 BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19738143000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BRACKEN POINT
- Date Range From
- 2800
- Date Range To
- 2100 BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Length
- 4.4
- Width
- 2.7
- Description
- GREY CHALCEDONY, CORNER NOTCHED, BASEL EDGE BROKEN. CONVEX BASE.
- 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 SAID THE POINT MAY BE A "BRACKEN POINT" AND QUESTIONED THE RECORD'S ORIGINAL 3000 BC DATE, PROPOSING IT'S CLOSER TO 2800 - 2100 BP.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738143000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-04
- Collection
- Museum
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