Accession No
Z 40230.5-15
Description
Eleven stone projectile points or arrowheads, nine of quartz and one possibly red quartzite, some fragmentary, with lanceolate or triangular blades, three with contracting stems, three with expanding stems, one with concave base.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Maryland
Period
?Archaic
Source
Salisbury Museum [donor]; Smithsonian Institute [collector]; Force, W. Q. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40230.5-15; 8942 [?Smithsonian Institute no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Quartz; ?Quartzite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Note in Geoffrey Bushnell's hand on museum stationary found with Z 40231 but also referring to Z 40230, Z 40248 and Z 40249 reads: 'U.S.A. Surface finds ex. Salisbury Museum (mostly, if not all, from the Smithsonian).
8942 Apparently Baltimore
9070 ?
758 George Is, DC [sic - actually Georgetown]
6695 [blank]'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked '8942'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Surface finds
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 40230[.1-15]: '15 stone and quartz implements and projectiles.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Eleven stone projectile points or arrowheads, nine of quartz and one possibly red quartzite, some fragmentary, with lanceolate or triangular blades, three with contracting stems, three with expanding stems, one with concave base.
Event Date 17/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:326740
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