Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 - 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: Big Shell Mound Site, Site No. 3
notes: label: Notes
content: VARIOUS SPECIMENS OF PROJECTILE POINTS. 39 OF THE SPECIMENS ARE THE LOWER HALF WHICH REFLECTS THE SHOULDER AND BASE (HAFTING AREAS) OF THE PROJECTILES. THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOULDERS ARE HORIZONTAL WITH SEVERAL TAPERED ROUNDED AND BARBED TYPES REPRESENTED ALL OF THE HAFTING AREAS FALL INTO THE AURICULATED BASE CLASSIFICATION THE CROSS SECTION OF ALL OF THE SPECIMENS FALL INTO THE CLASSIFICATION OF BICONVEX THE REMAINING 13 SPECIMENS WHICH ARE MORE OR LESS COMPLETE IN DESIGN HAVE THE SAME SHOULDER AND BASE AS THE ONES DESCRIBED ABOVE BLADE SHAPES FALL INTO STRAIGHT AND EXCURVATE. BLADE EDGES ARE SERRATED AND GROUND. WORKMANSHIP APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT. PERIOD ARCHAIC TO LATE ARCHAIC . CHERT & LOCAL MATERIAL CHERT VARIES FROM DARK TO LIGHT GRAY WITH TAN TO RED INTERSPERSED
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: A527134-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Point