Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 4000 BC-AD 1000
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Tagua-Tagua, Punta Pichalo, and Tal Tal (Taltal) Complexes
label: Excavator
content: Augusto Capdeville (Henri Augusto Capdeville Rojas/Capdaville), Non-Indian, 1864-1932
label: Previous owner
content: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Museo Nacional, Santiago)
label: Expedition
content: Mrs. Thea Heye Chile Expedition (1929-1930) (Mrs. Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
label: Expedition leader
content: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated between 1897 and 1924 by amateur archaeologist Augusto Capdeville (1864-1932); donated or sold to the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Santiago, Chile) by Augusto Capdeville at an unknown date; acquired by MAI in 1930 through an exchange with the Museo National that was negotiated by Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during the MAI's Thea Heye-Lothrop Expedition to Chile.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Taltal; Antofagasta Province; Antofagasta Region II; Chile
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: 17/6711
label: Barcode
content: 176711.003
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Chert, quartz, quartz crystal
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped