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This dart point was recovered from the surface of a multicomponent (multiple occupations) camp site in Saline County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The tip has been broken on this dart point made of Permian chert. The style is similar is similar to a dart point style called Munkers Creek, which dates to the Late Archaic. If so, this artifact would likely be one of the oldest in the site collection. Dart points 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).
Date: 1-1500 CE
Item Number: 444615
Call Number: 14SA424 2017.A.1296 Reed donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444615
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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