Item BR142
This Item was Sold on 8 April 2008
for $91
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This item is a collection of lithic artifacts, all field
search finds along the Potomac River north of Washington,
D.C. Most come from an Indian village site on the west bank
right at Point of Rocks, the remainder from plowed fields on
the Hubert Humphrey family farm nearby. A stone fish weir
remains on plain view in the water besides the village. The
collection has bone fragments, lithic flakes, two elegant
smoothing stones and numerous points and tools of quartzite,
quartz, chert, flint and a variety of other low grade stones
in various conditions. There are a total of 60 individual
pieces in this collection. Length = 1->7 cm ; Weight =
390 gm