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Holdings: 35mm slide: 12589
World Region: North America
Region: Southeast US and Eastern Woodlands
Country: United States
State/Province: Louisiana
County/District: West Carroll
Archaeological Site Name: Poverty Point
Archaeological Site Number: 16-Wc-5
Period: Late Archaic
Description: Louisiana, Poverty Point; unusual objects from the site. A - curved blade, gray flint, similar to Hopewell blades; b-c - sandstone reamers; d - beveled small stone; e - polished hematite tetrahedron; f-f" - channeled stone object, "bark-beater?"; g-g' - polished stone cone.
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone; Artifact Material: Stone; Text/Graphic/Model: Artifact Illustration
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "The Extent and Content of Poverty Point Culture," by Clarence H. Webb; Fig. 4, p. 311. In: American Antiquity, Vol. 33, No. 3. Washington, D.C.: The Society for American Archaeology, 1968.

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Full citation: "Louisiana, Poverty Point; unusual objects from the site. A - curved blade, gray flint, similar to Hopewell blades; b-c - sandstone reamers; d - beveled small stone; e - polished hematite tetrahedron; f-f" - channeled stone object, "bark-beater?"; g-g' - polished stone cone.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17958/17958. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 02, 2025.