Bifacial tool/projectile point
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1920 by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966, MAI staff member), Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member), and Melville Decker (1865-1941, a Staten Island boat builder) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 10/1713
- Barcode
- 101713.001
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Excavator
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Melville Decker, Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- New York City, Staten Island, Tottenville; Richmond County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Staten Island
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Native New York, Manhatta (Ex08)
- Record ID
- NMAI_416277
