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Title
Turkey-Tail
Point
Subject
Prehistoric peoples
Projectile points
Weapons, Prehistoric
Time Period
Late
Archaic
Description
This
gray
Harrison
County
flint
projectile
point
is
of the
Turkey-Tail
type
,
which
is
leaf-shaped
or
feather-shaped
.
Harrison
County
flint
is
also
known
as
Wyandotte
chert
or
Indiana
hornstone
. This
particular
point
has
two
small
notches
at
one
end
.
It
was
intentionally
broken
at the
time
it
was
buried
, as
part
of a
large
deposit
of
points
, and has
since
been
repaired
. This
piece
comes
from
Red
Ocher
Culture
. The
flint-working
skills
of the
Late
Archaic
cultures
are
clearly
shown
in the
turkey-tail
points
made
by the
Red
Ocher
people
.
Sometimes
the
Red
Ocher
people
piled
many
of these
points
next
to the
cremated
bodies
in their
burial
sites
. The
way
that the
Red
Ocher
people
disposed
of
turkey-tail
points
shows
that they had
special
meaning
either
as
ritual
objects
or as
trade
items
. They
clearly
were
passed
from
one
group
to
another
since
they are
nearly
all
made
from
high
quality
flint
from
Indiana
.
Some
archaeologists
think
that
breaking
and
burying
large
numbers
of
turkey-tail
points
may
have been a
way
of
increasing
their "
value
" by
decreasing
the
number
in
circulation
.
Collection
Albert
C
.
Spetnagel
Collection
Source
WH04
Box
CF0003
; A
262/000002.061
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
A0262_000002_061.tif
Image Height
1794
Image Width
1788
File Size
9633292 Bytes
Format
picture
;
artifacts
Extent
49.0 mm wide, 128.9 mm long, 9.3 mm deep, 47 g weight.
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