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This Late Paleoindian point is called a Plainview and functioned as a spear tip. It was found in northeast Kansas and donated in 1976. Late Paleoindian people traveled in small groups, hunting large game, including now extinct bison. Stone tools help reveal how these people lived and traveled, and how they differed from other groups. Late Paleoindian points are typically long, thin, and narrow, and carefully made. Points with minor damage were often resharpened, altering their original shape.
Date: 11000 - 8500 BCE
Item Number: 306269
Call Number: 1981.B.392
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306269
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Paleoindian
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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