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Quick Guide to Indian Artifacts Print E-mail
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NH Indian Archaeology
Prehistoric Artifacts / Second Row

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This arrow point is known as a "Jack's Reef" corner-notched point. It is common in the Middle Woodland era of coastal NH, from around 500 - 700 AD. It is distinctive because most are made from a mustard-yellow colored stone called jasper. Indians may have traded this material all the way from Pennsylvania.

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This arrow head, technically called a projectile point is of the type used throughout New England and south along eastern North America. This Levanne Triangle projectile point dates from the Late Woodland period, about 1,000- 1,500 AD.

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Stone plummets are thought to be the equivalent of modern day fishing weights. They were used during the Late Archaic period between 6,000 and 3,500 years ago.

Illustrations by William Fowler courtesy of the Massachusetts Archeological Society, Inc., Artifact guide by SeacoastNH.com

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