POINT, PROJECTILE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19739223000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.7
- Width
- 1.1
- Description
- DARK GREY CHERT. CONVEX BASE. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIALLY FLAKED.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS 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 PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE" VERSUS THE RECORD'S ORIGINALLY RECORDED "ASYMETRICAL BIFACE". SHE SAID IT MAY EVEN BE A "SMALL SCRAPPER".
- Catalogue Number
- P19739223000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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