Contracting Stem Point, Prehistoric Stone Tool
name: label: Collector
content: W. Shirey
label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Contracting stem point most likely made from dark brown quartzite with a long triangular blade and convex base. This stone tool would have been attached to a wooden shaft and used to hunt by Native Americans during prehistoric times. This object was collected in Florida by William N. Shirey. Overall measurements are approximately 7.4 cm long and 3.3 cm at its widest point.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Florida
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Archaic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2588
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Quartzite