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35-13-1

From: United States of America | New Jersey | Salem County

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 35-13-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | New Jersey | Salem County
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Locus Gravesend Beach Neck, 1 mile East of Pedricktown
Section American
Materials Argillite
Description

Stem expanding from convex base; blade shouldered; point ground. Eastern States Federation of Archaeologists, meeting at Rochester, 1935, created a sub-type of argillite blades with ground points, believed to show Eskimo influence.

Length 6.35 cm
Width 2.38 cm
Credit Line Gift of Wendell P. Roop, 1935

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