Folsom Point, Stone Material for Prehistoric Tools (reproduction)
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
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: Red chert Folsom point reduction stages. Largest object measures approximately 9 cm long and 3.5 cm at its widest point. Smallest object measures approximately 1.9 cm long and 1.5 cm at its widest point. Objects represent the reduction stages that occur during the process of making a fluted point from the initial blank, the channel flute, pressure flake, and the final point. One example also represents a point whose tip broke and how the point was reworked into a knife.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 6
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Folsom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2162
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a replica.
label: Material
content: Chert