Point
97-563-8564
From: United States of America | Tennessee (uncertain) | Blount County
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 97-563-8564 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | United States of America | Tennessee (uncertain) | Blount County |
Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Description | Gray; evidently attempt to rework flat blade segment into stemmed point; blade is elongated and spalls have been removed along both edges; steep retouch of stem edges (from opposite faces) indicated the spalls had been removed along their edges also; tip of blade has several spall removals and may have been used as burin-like tool. |
Length | 5.8 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 2.6 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Thickness | 0.6 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-563-8564 - Old Museum Number | 25935 - ANSP Number |
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