Projectile Point
40-36-1
From: North America | United States of America | Wyoming | Sweetwater County | Near Eden | Finley Site
Curatorial Section: American
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Object Number
40-36-1
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Cody Cultural Complex
Provenience
North America | United States of America | Wyoming | Sweetwater County | Near Eden | Finley Site
Site Name
Finley Site
Site Number
48SW5
Culture Area
Plains Culture Area
Locus
Killpecker Dune Field | bison kill/processing area
Period
Paleoindian
Date Made
7250 - 6850 BCE
Section
American
Materials
Mineralized Wood (uncertain)
Description
Eden (Yuma) Type. Mineralized wood. Stem straight from straight base. From the bottom of the clay layer; found in situ.
Length
10.3 cm
Width
1.75 cm
Thickness
0.7 cm
Credit Line
Wyoming Eden Valley Expedition, Linton Satterthwaite, Charles Bache and E. B. Howard, 1940
Other Number
A-15 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Guide to the Collections, The University Museum . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 73View related objects
Howard, Edgar B., Linton B. Satterthwaite, and Charles Bache. "Preliminary Report on a Buried Yuma Site in Wyoming." American Antiquity 7, no. 1. (1941): 70-74. See:
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Howard, Edgar B. "The Finley Site: Discovery of Yuma Points, in situ, near Eden, Wyoming." American Antiquity 8, no. 3. (1943): 224-234. See:
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Hack, John T. "Antiquity of the Finley Site." American Antiquity 8, no. 3. (1935-2018): 235-241. See:
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Moss, John H. Early Man in the Eden Valley . Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Museum Monograph, 1951. See:
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Satterthwaite, Linton B. Stone Artifacts at and Near the Finley Site, Near Eden, Wyoming . Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Museum Monograph, 1957. See:
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