POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAINS TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD
- Date Range From
- 400
- Date Range To
- 250 BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739235000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAINS TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD
- Date Range From
- 400
- Date Range To
- 250 BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.5
- Description
- SPECKLED PINK GREY CHALCEDONY. TRIANGULAR POINT, STRAIGHT BASE. CONVEX LATERAL EDGES. PLANO-CONVEX CROSS SECTION. ONE SHOULDER BROKEN. BIFACIALLY FLAKED.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. 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 "PLAINS TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD" AND QUESTIONED THE RECORD'S ORIGINAL 1700 BP DATE, PROPOSING IT'S CLOSER TO 400 - 250 BP (LATE AND CONTACT PERIODS). THESE POINTS, ACCORDING TO MAHAR, ARE FOUND EXCLUSIVELY THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739235000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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