Point, Projectile

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Point, Projectile

Entry/Object ID

1999.27.2047

Description

1 BAG OF 20/MISSISSIPPIAN/BIFACE/PROJECTILE POINTS/ARROWHEADS/SOME WOODLAND/VARIOUS SIZES Includes a note that reads: 23CL9 on ex Sheriff Thompson land Catalog No's 1971 April 25, 1941 Located on low hill on west of the Brush Creek valley at its junction with the old flood plain of the Missouri River. The land is the lower end of the slope from the north and the site is just west of the property fence (60 ft) and within 20 ft of the abrupt slope to the flood plain. Fired clay daub is present indicating houses, the artifacts suggest Mississippian occupation but a little Woodland or possibly Nebraska

Collection

Shippee Archaeological Collection

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

20

Material

CHERT

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

23 CL 9

County

Clay County

State/Province

Missouri

Notes

Site Number: 23 CL 9