Bifacial tool/projectile point and fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1500 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- possibly South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition
- Dr. Thomas Lattimore South Carolina Expedition (1961)
- Expedition leader
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Expedition sponsor
- Dr. Thomas J. Lattimore, Non-Indian, 1920-1985
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1960 or 1961 during the Dr. Thomas Lattimore South Carolina Expedition, led by MAI curator William F. Stiles (1912-1980) and sponsored by amateur archaeologist Dr. Thomas J. Lattimore (1920-1985, of Aiken, South Carolina).
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- Place
- Near Silver Bluff; Holly Creek site (Holley Creek, Hollow Creek); Silver Bluff; Aiken County; South Carolina; USA
- See related items
- South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 24/9598
- Barcode
- 249598.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point and fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, flaked/chipped
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 4.5 x 0.7 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_265499