Accession No
Z 40231.4-6
Description
Three projectile points, made from flaked stone. one leaf-shaped blade with pointed-oval cross-section and a short stem with rounded base; one long triangular point with straight blade and tapering stem, tip missing; and one broken blade; bifacially worked from brown quartzite.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; District of Columbia; Washington; Georgetown
Period
?Archaic
Source
Salisbury Museum [donor]; Smithsonian Institute [collector]; Webster, J. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40231.4-6; 758 [?Smithsonian Institute no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
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 in black ink: '758 / George T / J. Webster'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Surface finds.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Six stone and quartz implements and projectiles.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Three projectile points, made from flaked stone. one leaf-shaped blade with pointed-oval cross-section and a short stem with rounded base; one long triangular point with straight blade and tapering stem, tip missing; and one broken blade; bifacially worked from brown quartzite.
Event Date 17/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326742
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