Savannah River spearpoint
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- Culture/People
- possibly Glades (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- 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.
- Catalog Number
- 17/800
- Barcode
- 170800.000
- See related items
- Glades (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement