Object ID:
1959.10.529
Object Name:
Point, Projectile
Dimensions:
H-0.953 W-3.175 L-8.89 cm
Description:
Thebes Cluster., Early Archaic period.
Identifying features include, Side Notched (Tang Shape), Triangular (Blade Shape), Subconcave (Base Shape). Artifact exhibits very fine pressure flaking along both sides of the blade, as well as alternate beveled edges.
Identifying features include, Side Notched (Tang Shape), Triangular (Blade Shape), Subconcave (Base Shape). Artifact exhibits very fine pressure flaking along both sides of the blade, as well as alternate beveled edges.
Collection:
Native American-Kohnke Collection
Date:
8000 - 6000 BCE
VE Exhibit Label 1:
Howard Winters, a distinguished anthropologist who did extensive research in Illinois, identified this type of point during the survey of the Wabash Valley in Illinois. He named it for Thebes, Illinois in 1963. A number of variations of this style of point exist.
Collector:
Steffen, A
Site Name:
UNKNOWN
Related Publications:
Justice (1987:54-60).
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