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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Previous owner
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Excavator
Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
Object Name
Savannah River spearpoint
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Flaked/chipped
Object Type
Tools and Equipment (General)
Place
Chokoloskee Key; Collier County; Florida; USA
Archipelago
Florida West Coast Islands
Island Name
Chokoloskee Island
Island Grouping
Ten Thousand Islands
Date created
AD 1-850 (Middle to Late Woodland/Glades II period)
Collection History
Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) in 1899 or 1900; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.