These three side-notched arrow points were recovered from the El Cuartelejo site in Scott County. These arrow points were recovered during the 1976 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The notches on the arrow points aided in hafting the point to the arrow shaft. All three points were made of a type of chert called Smoky Hill silicified chalk. The site, unique in Kansas, is the location of a seven room pueblo occupied by refugees from the Taos and Picuris pueblos in New Mexico in addition to Dismal River aspect groups (Apache). El Cuartelejo, also called the Scott County Pueblo, has been excavated and studied by many archeologists since 1898.
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Side-Notched Arrow Points from El Cuartelejo, 14SC1 - 2