Object ID:
1959.10.67
Object Name:
Point, Projectile
Dimensions:
H-0.792 W-3.175 L-11.905 cm
Description:
Agate Basin Point., Late Paleoindian to Early Archaic Period.
Identifying features include, Lanceolate (Tang Shape), Ovate (Blade Shape), Subconvex (Base Shape).
Identifying features include, Lanceolate (Tang Shape), Ovate (Blade Shape), Subconvex (Base Shape).
Collection:
Native American-Kohnke Collection
Date:
8500 - 8000 BCE
VE Exhibit Label 1:
There seems to be very little information regarding a central primary distribution area of the Agate Basin type. However, studies of collections indicate that the point can be found in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and much of south-central and southwestern Canada as well as the Tehuacan Valley in Mexico and the Valley of Mexico.
Collector:
Steffen, A.
Site Name:
Sauk Co., Wisconsin.
Related Publications:
Goldstein and Osborn (1988:20).
Justice (1987:32-34).
Justice (1987:32-34).
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