Micro-tool
| Object Number: | 64-12-18 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Poverty Point Culture |
| Provenience: | United States of America Louisiana Belzoni Jaketown Site |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Chert |
| Technique: | Chipped |
| Length: | 2 cm |
| Width: | 1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of John Witthoft, 1964 |
Description
Poverty point culture (see 64-12-1). Representing highly retouched bladelets made into concave-edged, pointed tools; unifacially flaked. Used as side-scrapers in shaping wooden and bone tools. This is the only finished flint tool of the Poverty Point complex.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Moundbuilders: Ancient Architects of North America (24 Jun 2017 - 26 Apr 2020) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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