To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
These dart points were found at the Trowbridge archeological site, in Wyandotte County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. After knapping, these corner and side notched dart points were mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl. Trowbridge is a Kansas City Hopewell site from the Early Ceramic Period. During this time archeologists find evidence of houses, cultivated plants, and decorated pottery.
Date: 1-250 CE
Item Number: 449713
Call Number: 14WY1 73.68 Trowbridge donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 449713
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Corner-notched
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Side-notched
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Kansas City Hopewell
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/449713