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This Lamokan point was found in Lyon County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1958. The point is narrow, yet thick, with sloping shoulders. Lamoken points are generally found during the late Archaic period and more typically found in the northeastern United States.
Date: 5500 - 4500 BCE
Item Number: 442480
Call Number: 58.182.2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442480
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
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Lyon
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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