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North America, Jefferson County Missouri, Dalton culture, ca. 10,500 to 9,900 years ago (8500 BCE). Wow! Three hand-knapped stone Dalton points! Each one has a pointed tip and a bifacially flaked surface. The largest has a channel flake near the base and a concave base enclosed by petite fins. The channel aided Dalton people in hafting the point onto a spear shaft. The next has less pronounced fins and channel at the base, and the smaller exhibits a channel that extends from the base to the tip. These types of stone points are some of the earliest found in the southeastern part of the United States and allowed the Dalton people to be successful hunters. The lands they inhabited were richly forested, perfect for their hunting and gathering way of life, and these points could have aided in a variety of tasks. Size of largest: 4.375" L x 1.125" W (11.1 cm x 2.9 cm); smallest: 2.5" L x 1" W (6.4 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection, ex-John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970s and earlier

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  • Condition: Chip to the tip of smallest. Chips and nicks to tip and peripheries of other two. Find site written on surface of largest. Light mineral deposits and nice natural stone inclusions.

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