Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1920 by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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