McWhinney Heavy Stemmed Point   Save
Raisch-Smith Site Collection
Description: This narrow, thick biface is of the McWhinney Heavy Stemmed type. It has a triangular blade and the base narrows to a short, rounded stem. The flint ranges in color from white to light gray. This piece 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A3143_000301
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples; Projectile points; Weapons, Prehistoric;
Places: Raisch-Smith Site Collection