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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739218000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.7
- Length
- 2.9
- Width
- 1.8
- Description
- LIGHT GREY CHALCEDONY. SQUARE BASE, STRAIGHT LATERAL RECORDS. SQUARED CROSS SECTION. STRAING LATERAL EDGES. BASE IS BIFACIALLY FLAKED, BODY-TIP LATERAL EDGES ARE SLIGHTLY UNIFACIALLY FLAKED OR RETOUCHED. POSSIBLY A POINT PREFORM OR A DRILL.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- 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, MAHAR CLAIMED THE POINT WAS "NOT A PROJECTILE POINT".
- Catalogue Number
- P19739218000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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