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A beige pine tree-shaped quartzite point artifact pictured on a black background below its printed text inventory description which labels it as a projectile point, possibly a reworked Meadowood.

Photo By/Credit

Esther Westfall/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

11/28/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

This quartzite point artifact was used by Abenaki people centuries ago as a projectile point. The Meadowood point is a type of point used by Indigenous tribes many years ago, specifically one with well-defined notching along its sides.

Facility

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge

Subject tags

Artifacts