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This projectile point is a spear tip. It has a long flake scar called a flute on one side of its base that suggests it is Early Paleoindian, but it also has other characteristics that are common to the Late Paleoindian points. It was found along Mill Creek, possibly in Wabaunsee County, and donated in 1925. Paleoindian people were mostly highly mobile, small bands that hunted large game. Not all artifacts fit into neat categories, but the fluted base, shape, size, and manufacturing qualities indicate it is very old.
Date: 11000-12000 BCE
Item Number: 306268
Call Number: 25.43.1811 Brower donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306268
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
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Fluted
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Paleoindian
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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