Bifacial tool/projectile point and flake/debitage (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 8000 BC–AD 1600 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
label: Excavator
content: Dr. William Abbott Phillips (W.A. Phillips), Non-Indian, 1861-1916
label: Excavator
content: George A. Dorsey, Non-Indian, 1868-1931
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
label: Previous owner
content: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1898 or 1899 by Evanston, Illinois, physician and amateur archaeologist Dr. William Abbott Phillips (1861-1916) and anthropologist George A. Dorsey (1868-1931), curator of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History; probably transferred from the Field Museum to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, soon afterward; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Peabody Museum in 1905.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mill Creek; Union County; Illinois; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6229
label: Barcode
content: 006229.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point and flake/debitage (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped