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Group of arrowheads

Object/Work Catalog Level: group
Type:
           arrowheads
           kirk points
           netting
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Authority
  Components/Parts-Quantity: 56
Type:
arrowheads
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Classification Terms:
           tools and implements
           Pre-Columbian art
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Titles or Names Text: Group of Points from Bannerstone Site (20 MR 52)
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
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Creation Creator Description: unknown Archaic (North American) Free text
  Identity: unknown Archaic (North American)
Role: creator
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Authority
  Creation Date: Archaic period (7,500 to 2,400 before present)
Earliest: -5500 Latest: -0400
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  Creation Place/Original Location: White Mountain Reservation (Southwest Culture Area, Arizona, United States) Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 56 items, lengths range 36 mm to 64 mm (1 3/8 to 2 1/2 inches) Free text
  Dimensions Extent: items Value: 56 Type: count Dimensions Qualifier: smallest
Value: 36 Unit: mm Type: length
Dimensions Qualifier: largest
Value: 64 Unit: mm Type: length
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Materials and Techniques Description: flint, vitric tuff, and rhyolite Free text
  Material Names:  
         flint  
         tuff  
         rhyolite
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         object (utilitarian)
         music
         entertainment
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Context Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place: Great Lakes region (United States) Authority
Descriptive Note Text: 20MR51.02: Kirk point, vitric tuff, corner-notched stemmed, distal portion missing. Free text
  Citation: Ahler, Knife River Flint Quarries: Excavations at Site 32DU508 (1986) Authority
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)
Repository Number: unavailable
Authority
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Revised 28 August 2006