Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 10,000 BC–AD 900 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Excavator
- Walter H. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1909-1992
- Doreen R. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1908-2002
- Previous owner
- Doreen R. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1908-2002
- Walter H. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1909-1992
- Donor
- Doreen R. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1908-2002
- Walter H. Hindle, Non-Indian, 1909-1992
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1958 by Doreen R. Hindle (1908-2002) and Walter H. Hindle (1909-1992, a textile and chemical consultant); donated to NMAI by Mr. and Mrs. Hindle in 1986.
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- Place
- Near Decatur; Site 608, Lester Cole field, Tennessee River; Decatur; Morgan County; Alabama; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/2792
- Barcode
- 252792.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_268321