ANTLER POINT CACHE
MOUND 72

A.D. 1000
CAHOKIA MOUNDS STATE HISTORIC SITE
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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COPYRIGHT SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 PETER A. BOSTROM

    One cache of antler arrow points was found in Mound 72 in feature number 236. The picture at top shows a close up view of the cache and the bottom picture shows a wider view of the excavated area around the cache. The arrow is pointing to the cache. It appears as though there is well over a hundred points in this cache. The points are laying parallel to each other so they were probably once hafted onto shafts. Many of them seem to be typical examples that have a single barb on their bases. The picture at top shows an enlarged image of one of the points that has a damaged base.
   The lower picture also shows several broken red slipped ceramic pot sherds and a very large cache of shell beads. A few stray stone arrow points can also be seen in the picture.

Cache of antler points found in Mound 72.

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