Clovis Projectile Point
| Object Number: | 36-19-3 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Native American Voices Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | New Mexico Blackwater Draw Mammoth Pit Clovis |
| Culture Area: | Southwest Culture Area |
| Period: | Paleoindian |
| Date Made: | 9000 BCE |
| Early Date: | -9201 |
| Late Date: | -8800 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Edwards Chert |
| Technique: | Chipped |
| Length: | 11.1 cm |
| Width: | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | New Mexico Expedition, E. B. Howard, 1936 |
| Other Number: | 71-55 - Cast Number 9-22 - Cast Number |
Description
The specimen is lanceolate and symmetrical in outline with very narrow width in relation to length. The projectile point has parallel overlapped flaking. Basal thinning was accomplished through the removal of a single long channel flake from one face and two channel flakes from the opposite face. Edges along the base and basal lateral margins were moderately polished to facilitate hafting.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 190-191/Plate 78 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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