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This arrow point was recovered from a Keith phase Early Ceramic period archeological site in Pawnee County. Archeologists consider corner-notched points to be the earliest form of arrow points that are found in the Great Plains. The notches aided in hafting the arrow point to the arrow shaft.
Date: 500-1100 CE
Item Number: 472548
Call Number: 14PA320-6-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472548
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Corner-notched
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Keith
Places - Counties - Pawnee
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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