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These seven dart points are just a few of those collected at an Early Ceramic period camp site in Montgomery County and, in 1975, donated to the Kansas Historical Society. Three of the dart points get their pinkish color as 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).
Date: 1-1000 CE
Item Number: 447483
Call Number: 14MY312 Carr donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447483
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 - Montgomery
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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