Bifaces, Prehistoric Stone Tools and Material
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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: Light brown quartzite bifaces of various sizes. The longest measures approximately 7.5 cm long and 4 cm at its widest point; the smallest measures approximately 3.2 cm long and 3.4 cm at its widest point. All bifaces are missing their tips. Two bifaces are possibly preforms with one a lanceolate shape, the other with a stem. The third biface is probably a point with a wide straight stem and slightly concave base.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 3
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Hughes Site (18MO1), North America, United States, Maryland, Montgomery County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2302
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Quartzite