Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1940 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) and Donald R. Sainz (1912-1993, an amateur archaeologist from Staten Island, New York) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Donald R. Sainz, Non-Indian, 1912-1993
- Date created
- AD 1350–1550 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Net weight/Netsinker
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, notched
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
