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Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Good Collection
Description: This stemmed, lanceolate point has a blade with nearly parallel sides that has possibly been re-worked. The stem is broad with parallel sides and a squared base. The flint is mottled black, dark gray, and white and there are natural flaws within the flint. This piece comes from Paleoindian Culture. Paleoindians occupied Ohio between 15,000 and 9,000 years ago. In the western plains of North America, Paleoindians hunted mammoths and other game; because they moved in herds, caribou may have been a favored prey. Lanceolate points were a later development in Paleoindian technology. Sometimes a Paleoindian flintknapper would made a tool of special elegance - perhaps they saw an artistic value to their work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A3501_000116
Subjects: Paleoindians; Projectile points; Weapons, Prehistoric;
Places: Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Good Collection