Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 5704 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Triangular,concave base arrow heads. Remarks: Number of specimens in upper left corner was recorded by Frank Barnett, who checked the material in 1939, working at the museum as a volunteer.* NOTE: 3 Points were exhcanged to Grant County PUD, 6/5/1970. See accn file. (9/22/1993, DH) Previous counts show 247 points, of which 73 have been located and examined. These are mostly chert points. There are 26 lanceolate, 4 lanceolate (tear-drop base), 34 triangular, 5 Plateau pentagonal knives, and 1 triangular barr drill made of chert. Items not made of chert include one petriried wood triangular point, one basalt triangular point, and one triangular obsidian point. (6/95) *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States