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Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit
Description: This projectile point is of the Lamoka type. It has a leaf-shaped blade that tapers to a long, rectangular stem; the base is straight. This piece is made of made of black flint and comes from the Late Archaic Period. People of the Late Archaic were hunter-gatherers, and were among the first in the region to make metal artifacts from copper found near Lake Superior. Lamoka points were found throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, and portions of Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and the Eastern states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4786_000036
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples; Projectile points; Weapons, Prehistoric;
Places: Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit