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Shown are two arrow points recovered y Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Middle Ceramic period Pratt complex village in Pratt County. The complete side-notched arrow point is made of an unknown chert. The corner-notched obsidian fragment was sent for X-ray-florescence (XRF) testing, a chemical analysis that indicates the original source of the obsidian. The flake was found to be from a lava flow in the Jemez Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. This type of analysis helps archeologists learn about ancient trade patterns, suggesting either trade with people further southwest or travel by Pratt complex people to the Jemez Mountains.
Date: 1300-1500 CE
Item Number: 472462
Call Number: 14PT420-0-4 & 14PT420-2-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472462
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
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Obsidian
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Pratt
Places - Counties - Pratt
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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