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This complete dart point was collected from a gravel bar in Atchison County and donated in 1979 to the Kansas Historical Society. After knapping, the expanding stem dart point was mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 451399
Call Number: 14AT418 1979.88.2067 Reichert donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451399
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 - Material/Stone Type - Basalt
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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