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This expanding stemmed dart point was recovered from an Archaic period archeological site in Chase County by a Kansas Historical Society archeologist in 1973. Darts consist of three parts, the point, which would be mounted to the dart foreshaft, which would in turn be connected to the dart shaft. The assembled dart would then be thrown with an atlatl (spearthrower). This example is made of local Flint Hills chert.
Date: 6000-1 BCE
Item Number: 509600
Call Number: 14CS356-336 2 1/4" x 1 5/8"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509600
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Expanding
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Chase
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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