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This Late Paleoindian point is called a Dalton and functioned as a spear tip. It was found in Allen County at a camp site that was occupied periodically during the Archaic and Early Ceramic Periods. The point was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. 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.
Date: 11000-7000 BCE
Item Number: 312673
Call Number: 14AN404 2015.E.267
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312673
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE - > 7000 BCE
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
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
Places - Counties - Allen
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Paleoindian, >7000 BCE
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