Point, Stone
- Object Name:
- Point, Stone
- Object ID:
- 1977.508.28
- Creator:
- (Pennsylvania or Virginia)
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania or Virginia
- Description:
- Point, biface, Quartz. Off-white, translucent stone projectile. Triangular shape with side-notch stem with convex base edge. Surfaces and edges knapped. Edges relatively straight and somewhat irregular in horizontal plane. Stone thick with midrib on both sides. Point tapers downward slightly when viewed from side. About 2/3rds of back of stone quite thick. Bevel along back edge. A lot of different structural elements inside stone. Mixture of some fairly clear portions of this quartz-like material. Some small areas with white and tan colorations in them. Some different boundary layers running through stone. Some of these layers effect the way stone shaped due to way they fracture.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- W-1.01 L-2.23 D-0.5 inches Weight-0.6 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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