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These dart points were collected from an Early Ceramic period archeological site in McPherson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2020. The dart points are made of quartzite and local cherts from the Flint Hills region. Dart points were mounted to the dart foreshaft, which were in turn be connected to the dart shaft. The assembled dart would then be thrown with an atlatl (spearthrower).
Date: 1-1000 CE
Item Number: 508428
Call Number: 14MP403 2020.B. 201 through .206 Reed donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508428
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Quartzite
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Regions - Flint Hills
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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