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A Fossilized Bone Artifact from Southern Saskatchewan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Roscoe Wilmeth*
Affiliation:
National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Abstract

A fossilized bone projectile point has recently been recognized in the collections of the National Museum of Canada. The point was found at a depth of 8 ft. in a waterhole in southeastern Saskatchewan, immediately south of an ice frontal position dated at about 10,000 years ago. The implement is described on the basis of microscopic and macroscopic examination, and similarities to other specimens with early associations are noted.

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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