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Calf Creek projectile points are defined as having deep parallel-sided basal notches. This one was found in Greenwood County and donated to Kansas Historical Society in 1984. These distinctive dart points are generally found in eastern Kansas and states to the east and south during the late Paleoindian Period.
Date: 4800-4200 BCE
Item Number: 310101
Call Number: 14GR 1984.C.105
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310101
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
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Basal-notched
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Paleoindian
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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