Shark Tooth Projectile Point in Human Humerus
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Sep 1941
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Preston Holder
label: Donor Name
content: Works Projects Administration
label: Site Name
content: Cockroach Key
notes: label: Notes
content: The humerus from this individual is cataloged as P388900; the projectile point as A384309. From letter to Stirling from Holder 4/1/1936: "A very interesting specimen was recovered from one of these [secondary] burials (II #90); it consisted of a left humerus bearing a shark tooth harpoon (?) point deeply imbedded in the coronoid depression. The wound had healed and the bone had partially grown over the projectile point. the point itself was a recent shark tooth with a deeply indented base (of which one wing is lacking) and a hole drilled thru the center of its flat surface."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 160905
label: USNM Number
content: A384309-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Point