Point, Projectile

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Point, Projectile

Entry/Object ID

356/14273

Description

SPEAR HEAD/CREAM COLOR/KING HILL

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

King Hill

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Point, Projectile

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Edged Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Parts

Count

1

Material

CHERT

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Notes

Holland Transitional Paleo-Early Archaic 9250-8850 years ago. Possibly a Dalton, though Dalton fishtails usually flare more than this point (see Projectile Point Types in Missouri and Portions of Adjacent States, pg 137, figure 93b). Classification done through images of artifact - difficult to determine for sure but it does not appear there is any fluting at the bottom of the point (which Daltons would have)