Follow the links to profiles on each of the fishes with full information and pictures
Follow the links to profiles on each of the fishes with full information and pictures
Worked animal bone is among the many types of cultural belongings found at archaeological sites around Florida and the world. These items take many forms, shapes, and sizes. Within the Florida Museum’s archaeological collections, worked bone ranges from very small discs to large ivory tusks. This di
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Dr. Ripley P. Bullen collected information about Florida Projectile Points from avocational and professional archaeologists for decades. First presenting his typology in the 1960s, this work was meant as a starting point to understand stone tool types that could be refined and built upon through the
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Acknowledgements! Florida’s Ancient Worked Ivory and Faunal Bone website was compiled by Donna Ruhl and Megan LeBlanc. Special thanks to the Felburn Foundation who aided in the funding for the rehabilitation and digitization of the cultural belongings in the image galleries.
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Sumter Size: Medium (5.0 – 7.0 cm long) Stemmed/Unstemmed: Stemmed Body Shape: Ovate Cross-Section Shape: Biconvex Blade Edge Shape: Excurvate Notch Shape: Not Applicable Stem Shape: Contracting Base Shape: Straight; occasionally convex or concave Temporal Period: Early Arch
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Gadsden Size: Medium to large (6.0 – 9.5 cm long) Stemmed/Unstemmed: Stemmed Body Shape: Triangular to lanceolate Cross-Section Shape: Biconvex Blade Edge Shape: Straight to excurvate Notch Shape: Side notched; basally notched Stem Shape: Expanding Base Shape: Concave Tempor
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Westo Size: Small to medium (4.0 – 7.0 cm long) Stemmed/Unstemmed: Stemmed Body Shape: Triangular Cross-Section Shape: Biconvex Blade Edge Shape: Excurvate Notch Shape: Not applicable Stem Shape: Contracting; rounded Base Shape: Rounded; convex Temporal Period: Late Archaic
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Tallahassee Size: Small to medium (3.3 – 8.0 cm long) Stemmed/Unstemmed: Unstemmed Body Shape: Triangular Cross-Section Shape: Biconvex Blade Edge Shape: Serrated Notch Shape: Not Applicable Stem Shape: Not Applicable Base Shape: Concave Temporal Period: Late Dalton Regio
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Stanfield Size: Medium to large (6.0 – 14.0 cm long) Stemmed/Unstemmed: Unstemmed Body Shape: Lanceolate Cross-Section Shape: Median-ridged Blade Edge Shape: Not Recorded Notch Shape: Not Applicable Stem Shape: Not Applicable Base Shape: Straight or convex Temporal Period: L
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