Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1929 during the Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition, led by Edwin F. Coffin (1883-1946, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition (1928 -1929)
- Expedition leader
- Edwin Francis Coffin (E. F. Coffin), Non-Indian, 1883-1946
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Date created
- 4000 BC–AD 1700 (Middle Archaic to Late Pre-Contact period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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