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These six dart points were collected from Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. They show some of the different styles of projectile points that were present during the late Archaic to Early Ceramic Periods. Archeologists often identify these points based on the stem type: contracting stemmed, parallel stemmed, expanding stem, corner-notched and side-notched. Dart points would be mounted to the dart foreshaft, which would in turn be connected to the dart shaft. The assembled dart would then be thrown with an atlatl (spearthrower).
Date: 1000 BCE-500 CE
Item Number: 310099
Call Number: 1984.C.102, 103, 104, 110, 112, 114
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310099
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE - 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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 - Side-notched
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed
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
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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