Native American, North America, Early Archaic period, ca. 8000 to 6000 BCE; Late Archaic period, ca. 3500 to 2000 BCE; Red Ochre people, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE; Adena/Hopewell culture, ca. 800 BCE to 400 CE; Hopewell culture, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE; Fort Ancient culture, ca. 800 to 1600 CE. A fine gathering of six hand-knapped stone tools from several ancient Native American cultures. First is a Fort Ancient chert point with no tail. Second is an Adena/Hopewell eccentric flint. Third is a Hopewell Steuben flint expanded stem point. Fourth is an Early Archaic Wyandotte chert side-notch point. Fifth is a Red Ochre Wyandotte chert Fulton type cache blade. Sixth is a Late Archaic Liston Creek chert fishing spear point. Size of largest (Hopewell Steuben): 3.5" L x 1.1" W (8.9 cm x 2.8 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; (Early Archaic) ex-private Columbus, Indiana, USA collection, found in the 1950s near Bartholomew County, Indiana; (Late Archaic) ex-old private Cincinnati, Ohio, USA collection, found in the 1960s in Brown County, Ohio; (Red Ochre) ex-old private Cincinnati, Ohio, USA collection, found in the 1960s along the Ohio/Kentucky border; (Adena/Hopewell) ex-John Berner collection; ex-James Allen Woods collection, found in 1971 in Athens County, Ohio; (Hopewell) ex-Robert Converse collection, found in the 1970s in Franklin County, Ohio; (Fort Ancient) ex-private Columbus, Indiana, USA collection, found in the 1950s in Indiana
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Condition
All items have minor abrasions, nicks, and encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout. Largest point has "B143 Franklin Co Ohio" written on verso in black ink.