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These arrow points were recovered from the Larcom-Haggard site in Cowley County. All are made of Permian chert from the Flint Hills region and they get their pinkish color as a result of the material being carefully heated before manufacturing to improve the chert's knapping qualities. Though small and thin, the side-notched and triangular arrow points would have been extremely effective on the hunt. The Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) village was discovered in an old river meander with a modern gravel quarry greatly impacting the site. Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew excavated there in 1996 as the final stage of a salvage project.
Date: 1400-1750 CE
Item Number: 474482
Call Number: 14CO1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 474482
Collections - Archeology
Environment - Geology - Flint Hills
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Side-notched
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Triangular
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Larcom-Haggard
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wichita
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Regions - Flint Hills
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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