Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Charlotte Stein
label: Collector
content: Mr. Sidney Stein
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Sidney Stein
label: Site Name
content: Mint Spring Site 8
notes: label: Notes
content: VARIOUS SPECIMENS OF PROJECTILE POINTS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN ALABAMA. THE MAJORITY OF THE POINTS IN THIS LOT (T-51) ARE MEDIUM TO LARGE, TRIANGULOID POINT, SHOWING RANDOM FLAKING. EDGE FEATURES ARE GROUND OR SERRATED. DISTAL ENDS ARE MISSING FROM SOME. THE CROSS SECTION OF ALL THE SPECIMENS FALL INTO THE CLASSIFICATION OF BICONVEX. BASES OF THE POINTS FALL INTO THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS: STEMMED BASE, NOTCHEDBASE OR STEMLESS BASE. WORKMANSHIP APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT. PERIOD ARCHAIC TO LATE ARCHAIC.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Madison County, Alabama, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Archaic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358144
label: USNM Number
content: A527158-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Point
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 1 cm