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"Archaeology Cards"
This set includes 18 different cards. Each postcard shows a large number of artifacts laid out in an artistic design. They include Clovis, Archaic, Hopewell, Mississippian and World Artifacts. Eight of these cards were taken from 8x10 inch negatives and have crystal clear images. Good descriptive information is on the back of each card.
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"ARROW
POINTS" These side-notched, corner notched and unnotched Arrow head were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. They were originally attached to Arrow shafts and shot with a Bow. These artifacts date to the early Middle Missouri Cultural Complex in A.D. 1000. |
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"BONE
TOOLS" These bone Awls, Fleshers, Fishhooks, ornament, point and squash Knife were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. Most of these artifacts were used in every day life to catch and process food. They date to the Early Middle Missouri Cultural Complex in A.D. 1000. |
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"CERAMIC
RIM SHERDS" These rim sherds from broken Bowls and Jars were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. They show a few of the variety of designs that were found on this early middle Missouri cultural complex site dating to A.D. 1000. The beans, corn and squash seeds were grown in the museum's primitive garden. |
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"SHELL
ORNAMENTS" These drilled and undrilled shell disc and tubular Beads were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. These shell ornaments are some of the rarest artifacts found on this site. One appears to be carved into the shape of a human. They date to the Early middle Missouri Cultural Complex A.D. 1000. |
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"ARTIFACTS
ASSEMBLAGE" The bone, ceramic, shell and stone artifacts in this photograph were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. Some were used as ornaments but most are tools that were used in every day life to hunt and process food. They represent typical examples of ornamental and utilitarian type artifacts found on this site. They date to the Early Middle Missouri Cultural Complex in A.D. 1000. |
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"ARTIFACTS
ASSEMBLAGE" The bone, ceramic, shell and stone artifacts in this photograph were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. They represent typical examples of ornamental and utilitarian type artifacts found on this site. The beans, corn and pumpkin seeds were grown in the museum's primitive garden. These artifacts date to the Early middle Missouri Cultural Complex in A.D. 1000. |
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"ARTIFACTS
ASSEMBLAGE" The bone, ceramic, shell and stone artifacts in this picture were found on the Mitchell site near Mitchell, South Dakota. They represent typical examples of ornamental and utilitarian type artifacts found on this site. The beans, corn and pumpkin seeds were grown in the museum's primitive garden. These artifacts date to the Early Middle Missouri Cultural Complex in A.D. 1000. |
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"MISSISSIPPIAN
CULTURE" The stone and bone artifacts in this photograph were all found on or near the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. The larger Arrow points were excavated from mound 72. The Birdman Tablet was excavated from the 103 foot tall Monks Mound. The large red bauxite Pipe was found during construction. The artifacts in this picture represent better than average examples of different artifact types found on or near this Late Stone Age site. |
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"MISSISSIPPIAN
CULTURE" These bone, shell and stone artifacts were found on or near the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in southern Illinois. They represent classic artifact styles found in this area. Most of the colorful Cahokia Arrow points are made of Kaolin chert. Other artifacts include a notched Hoe, two Ramey Knives, two Discoidals, a bone Awl & Arrow point, bone Fishhooks, shell Beads and a ritual Axe. |
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"CAHOKIA
POINTS" These Arrow points were found during excavation of mound 72 on the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. The red, yellow and orange points are made of Kaolin chert. The large red triangular serrated point at 2 13/16 inches is the longest ever found at Cahokia. Mound 72 contained almost 1200 stone Arrow points. They are considered the best examples ever found on this Mississippian site. |
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"CLOVIS
POINTS" These Clovis Spear points, a long ivory Spear and an Engraved stone were found on Paleo sites in 26 different states in the United States. The Clovis culture is the oldest recognized cultural tradition in North America. like the modern made example in the center, it's believed that many of these points were hafted onto short foreshafts than placed on the end of a wooden shaft to complete a Spear. The Engraved Stone may represent one of the earliest examples of engraved art so far discovered in the New World. |
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"HOPEWELL
CULTURE" Most of these artifacts were found near the Illinois River. The unnotched Ross blade is from Wisconsin, the two engraved bone disc Rattles are from Tennessee & the two drill bear Teeth are from Mississippi. The eight inch Ross blade was found in Williamson Co., Illinois. Other artifacts from Illinois include a copper Axe, a Cone, 2 bone Awls, 2 broken Pipes, 9 Snyders points, pearl Beads, a barbed antler Spear point, a ceramic Jar & human figure and 2 Cores with several Lamellar Blades (Knives). |
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"CAHOKIA
POINTS" These Arrow points were picked up many years ago in cultivated fields on the Cahokia mounds Site. Most of the colorful points are made of kaolin chert from southern Illinois. Hundreds of the more common and crudely flaked Cahokia points were found before one of these rare colorful "Gempoints" was discovered. Cahokia points were notched, unnotched and serrated. The rare bone Point in this picture is thought to be an effigy of a shark's tooth. |
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"STONE AGE ARTIFACTS OF THE WORLD" The artifacts in this picture represent several good examples of Stone Age artifacts from at least 10 different countries around the world. Some of the countries represented here are Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Mexico, Great Britain, Libya and the United States. They range in age from about 3200 years ago to present day. The most recent are the Gun Flints and about 21 Points (some very tiny) made in modern times by present day flintknappers. |
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"ARCHAIC
ARTIFACTS" The Archaic Period was the longest lasting cultural tradition in the eastern United States. These people hunted with spears thrown with throwing sticks called Atlatls. This picture shows several good examples of artifacts that date from the Early Archaic to the late Archaic Period. The large white Sloan Dalton point (10 1/4") was made by a prehistoric craftsman who was very skilled in the use of a special pressure flaking technique called "Hollow Ground" flaking. Other artifacts in this picture are 3 Atlatl weights or Bannerstones, 2 bone Fishhooks, two 3/4 grooved Axes, 2 Dalton Drills and various types of large Knives & Spear points such as Etley, St. Charles, Thebes, Table Rock and Turkey Tail points. |
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"MISSISSIPPIAN
CULTURE" Most of the artifacts in this picture were found between 1967 & 1971 during the excavation of Mound 72 at "Cahokia Mounds". The Birdman Tablet was discovered in 1975 near the base of the largest mound on this site called Monks Mound. Most of the Cahokia points were found in Mound 72 and represent some of the most skillfully made Arrow points ever found in this area. The Discoidals are game stones that were rolled on the ground. The bone Harpoon is the only complete example that survives from the Mound 72 excavation. Three rare bone Arrow points can also been seen in this picture. |
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"CLOVIS
CULTURE" The Clovis artifacts in this picture represent some of the most important Early Paleo-Indian artifacts yet discovered. The obsidian Clovis point from Washington is the largest recorded. It's laying on top of the biggest Clovis Biface from the Anzick cache/burial site in Montana. The large quartz crystal is an example of the rarest material Clovis people used to make their stone tools. The crystal Clovis point is part of the Fenn cache from Utah. The bone Wrench was found on the Murray Springs site in Arizona. The hafted Clovis point was used in penetration experiments on a dead elephant. Other sites represented here are Blackwater Draw, Colby, Kimmswick, Gault, Dutton, Lange/Ferguson, Hoyt and East Wenatchee. |
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"CLOVIS
CULTURE" This picture shows some of the most important Clovis artifacts ever discovered. Several Clovis spear points can be seen plus some "Preform" Bifaces that illustrate some of the different stages-of-manufacture of unfinished Clovis points. Artifacts form five different mammoth kill sites are represented. These are Blackwater Draw, Colby, Domebo, Lange/Ferguson and murray Springs. The Clovis culture is the oldest recognized cultural tradition in North America. Many of the animals these people hunted such as mammoths and mastodons are now extinct. |
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