Bifacial tool/projectile point and scraper (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 3000-200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- Probably Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1967 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Place
- East bank of Houston Spring Branch .5 miles from confluence with Clear Creek; Cooper Shelter 1, Houston Spring Branch; Morgan County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/1669
- Barcode
- 241669.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point and scraper (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_257352