POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19739177000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.8
- Length
- 6.8
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- BROWN CHERT, CONTRACTING STEMMED (CORNER REMOVED). CONCAVE-STRAIGHT BASE. STRAIGHT LATERAL EDGES. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. PRESSURE FLAKING RETOUCH. MADE ON A LARGE FLAKE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS INDIGENOUS CULTURE. COLLECTED NEAR THE C.P.R. TRESTLE SITE AT LETHBRIDGE. REFER TO P19640757000-GA FOR GIFT CERTIFICATE. 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, MAHAR PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE".
- Catalogue Number
- P19739177000
- Acquisition Date
- 1967-11
- Collection
- Museum
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