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These three dart points were recovered from the Cedar Creek site in Doniphan County. All three dart points, made of Permian chert, have contracting stems in a style that archeologists call Dickson or Gary points. The chert's pinkish color is a result of the material being carefully heated before manufacturing to improve the chert's knapping qualities. 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). The points were donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. The Cedar Creek site was a multicomponent site, having both Kansas City Hopewell and Nebraska Aspect/Upper Republican occupations. The site had the remains of at least one house.
Date: 50 BCE-200 CE
Item Number: 446517
Call Number: 14DP1318 25.42.720 through .723 Zimmerman donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446517
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Contracting
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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