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Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1914 or 1915; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 8000 BC-AD 1550 (Early Archaic to Late Mississippian period)
- Catalog Number
- 17/1877
- Barcode
- 171877.000
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian Traditions
- Excavator
- Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
- Previous owner
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Seller
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- Burns Island dwelling site, Tennessee River; Marion County; Tennessee; USA
- Island Name
- Burns Island
- Island Grouping
- Tennessee River Islands
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_184160
- Usage
- CC0
