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Shown are a few of the projectile points recovered from the Griffing site prior to 1900 and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1902. Shown are three large corner-notched dart points, one point gets its pinkish color as a result of the material being carefully heated before manufacturing to improve the chert's knapping qualities. After knapping, the dart points were mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl. Shown also are two small arrow points, one corner-notched and one Fresno (triangular shaped). Though small and thin, they would have been extremely effective on the hunt. The Griffing site, in Riley County, had numerous lodges present and likely represents a scatter of farmsteads from the Central Plains tradition occupied during the Middle Ceramic period. Based on pottery recovered at the site it is likely that at least a portion of the site was occupied by Smoky Hill aspect peoples.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 443502
Call Number: 14RY21 02.3 Griffing donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443502
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 - Corner-notched
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Triangular
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Central Plains tradition
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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