Accession No
1967.192 C
Description
One large, leaf-shaped projectile point of opaque brown mottled stone, presumably used as a spearhead. Bifacially worked; lenticular in cross section; proximal end tapering with convex edges into a tip, now broken off and missing; deeply hollowed basal end creating two rounded barbs.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Kentucky; Pulaski County
Period
?Archaic
Source
Nickel, Walter (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1967.192 C; 13
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Chert
Local Term
Measurements
77mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink on white ground reading: '13'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Field collection)
Surface finds, a few miles from the Wayne County line
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1967.192 A-C: 'Three large chert points... C: Rounded tip and deeply hollowed base forming a fish-tail effect.'
Event Date 1967
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One large, leaf-shaped projectile point of opaque brown mottled stone, presumably used as a spearhead. Bifacially worked; lenticular in cross section; proximal end tapering with convex edges into a tip, now broken off and missing; deeply hollowed basal end creating two rounded barbs.
Event Date 24/4/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:326754
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