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This arrow point was collected from an archeological site in Elk County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1975. Archeologists believe that side-notched arrow points are typical of the Middle Ceramic period. The notches aided in hafting the point to the arrow shaft.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 443913
Call Number: 14EK311 1975.103.827
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443913
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 - Basal-notched
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Side-notched
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Elk
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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