POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 3000
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739215000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 3000
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.8
- Width
- 2.1
- Description
- MOTTLED GREY-WHITE CHALCEDONY. PROBABLY A LANCELOTE LEAF-SHAPED POINT. HAS A THICK, CONVEX, LANCELOTE CROSS SECTION. WELL-CONTROLLED PRESSURE BIFACIAL FLAKING. BOTH BASE AND TIP MISSING.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS/PLATEAU? 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
- P19739215000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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