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Broken stone implements
Object Number 70-10-10/20323
Display Title Broken stone implements
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone, projectile points of various styles, and flakes, including quartz, slate, quartzite, etc, some have fragments of blue paper glued on one side
Classification
  • Stemmed Projectile Point
  • Flake
  • Lanceolate Projectile Point
  • Corner-Notched Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Archaic Period
  • Late Woodland Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Barnstable County
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Cod
Materials Stone Quartz Quartzite Slate
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of longest): 7.7 × 2 × 1 cm (3 1/16 × 13/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 54
Label on object 20323

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Javelin points -- pointed base
70-10-10/20341 Javelin points -- pointed base
Corner-Notched Projectile Point
Stemmed Projectile Point
Barnstable County
Javelin points -- notched sides
70-10-10/20339 Javelin points -- notched sides
Side-Notched Projectile Point
Corner-Notched Projectile Point
Triangular Projectile Point
Barnstable County
Image Not Available for 22 Chipped implements.
05-33-10/65087 22 Chipped implements.
New Haven
Rude stone implements
70-10-10/20322 Rude stone implements
Biface
Barnstable County
Arrowheads of stone
67-15-10/592 Arrowheads of stone
Triangular Projectile Point
Stemmed Projectile Point
Lanceolate Projectile Point
Newburyport
Quartzite flake implements - points, scrapersm etc.
44-41-60/8805 Quartzite flake implements - points, scrapersm etc.
Scraper
Nellore
Quartzite flake implements
44-41-60/8861 Quartzite flake implements
Uniface
Nellore
Stone spearpoints
70-10-10/20335 Stone spearpoints
Stemmed Projectile Point
Barnstable County
Quartzite oval shaped flake implements
44-41-60/8815 Quartzite oval shaped flake implements
Edged Tools
Nellore
2 typical flint flake implements, the striking platforms & bulbs of which have b
38-75-40/4611 2 typical flint flake implements, the striking platforms & bulbs of which have b
Flake
Cambridge
Image Not Available for 15 flint implements-mostly arrowheads
62-38-60/12116 15 flint implements-mostly arrowheads
Projectile Point
Sorinsukizo Temple
Rude stone implements
70-10-10/20324 Rude stone implements
Stemmed Projectile Point
Barnstable County