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Projectile point
Projectile point
Titles: Projectile point (Supplied title)
Description: This artifact is projectile point made from oolitic Prairie du Chien chert; a stone found in the area around Fort Snelling. The point has shallow notches with a concave base and exhibits grinding along the ears at the corners. It has undergone considerable resharpening and was originally larger. The style is similar to others dating to about 6000 - 800 BC (Archaic period). Archaeologists recovered it in 1973-1974 while digging under a portion of the original Fort Snelling Hospital Building that did not have a basement.Projectile point
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 356.256.8
Holding Type: Archaeology
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 1-5/8 inch height
- 1-1/8 inch width
- 3/8 inch depth
Subjects
Locations
- Name: Fort Snelling Hospital, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
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Projectile point
Projectile point
356.256.8, side B
356.256.8, side A