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projectile point.

human history
  • Other Name

    arrowhead

  • Description

    projectile point, quartzite.

    The object is a asymmetrical projectile point. It has a convex base with an expanding stem. The point has rounded shoulders and an upward angled shoulders edge. It has an straight blade, an elliptical cross section and there is retouching along the blade edge.

  • Place
    Virginia/United States of America
  • Accession Number
    1932.233
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    18054.5 (ethnology)

    724 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • projectile point., 1932.233, 18054.5, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point., 1932.233, 18054.5, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point., 1932.233, 18054.5, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point., 1932.233, 18054.5, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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