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This dart point was collected from the Kansas River valley and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. The dart is made of Flint Hills region chert and has an expanding stem. After knapping, the dart point was mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl.
Date: 2500 BCE-500 CE
Item Number: 520778
Call Number: 25.43 Brower donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 520778
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 - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed - Expanding
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
People - American Indians
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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