Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Date created
- 5500–2000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Mesoamerican Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Previous owner
- Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
- Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
- Previous seller
- Colonel Frank Frederick Hilder, Non-Indian, 1836-1901
- Excavator
- Colonel Frank Frederick Hilder, Non-Indian, 1836-1901
- Collection History
- Excavated by Colonel Frank Frederick Hilder (1836-1901, a British geographer and ethnologist) at an unknown date; purchased by Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana) from Colonel Hilder in 1886; purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
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- Place
- Graves, Street of the Dead, between the pyramids of the Sun and Moon; Teotihuacán; Teotihuacán Municipality, Zumpango Region; México State; Mexico
- Geographical Areas
- Valley of Mexico
- See related items
- Mesoamerican Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 7786
- Barcode
- 007786.002
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, notched
- Dimensions
- 7.6-17.8 x 3.8-5.1 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_8138