Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1915 by Frederick Henderson Sterns (1887-1951) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Oneota (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition sponsor
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Excavator
- Frederick Henderson Sterns (F. H. Sterns), Non-Indian, 1887-1951
- Date created
- AD 1100–1350 (Early to Middle Oneota period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point fragment
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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