Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 6000-3000 BC (Middle Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Middle Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
label: Previous owner
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
label: Seller
content: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1897 or 1898; 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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place: label: Place
content: Base of mound; Indian Hill, Saint Helena Island; Beaufort County; South Carolina; USA
label: Island Name
content: Saint Helena Island
label: Island Grouping
content: South Carolina Coastal Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Middle Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
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: 17/2961
label: Barcode
content: 172961.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped