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This basal notched dart point fragment was recovered from a camp site in Montgomery County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1976. The deep basal notches nearly parallel the stem. Dart points such as this one are often typical of the middle Archaic period. 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: 4000- 2000 BCE
Item Number: 444466
Call Number: 14MY383 1976.43.400 Carr donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444466
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 - Basal-notched
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Montgomery
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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