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This complete dart point was collected from a camp site in Riley County and donated in 2018 to the Kansas Historical Society. After knapping, the dart point was mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl. Some time later the dart point developed a crusty patina or cortex.
Date: 4000 BCE-1 CE
Item Number: 456339
Call Number: 14RY444 2018.D.415 Thompson donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 456339
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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