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The three different styles of dart points shown here are part of the Hedge Collection, donated to the Kansas Historical Scoiety in 2016. They show an expanding stemmed/corner notched dart point, a parallel stemmed dart point, and a contracting stemmed dart point. After knapping, the dart points were mounted onto the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl.
Date: 1500 B.C.E. - 1000 C.E.
Item Number: 315546
Call Number: 14KY 2016.B.182; 2016.B.184; 2016.B.185
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 315546
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Contracting
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Expanding
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Straight
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Kearny
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic (7000 BCE - 1 CE)
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic (1 - 1000 CE)
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