Item PL12
This Item was Sold on 25 July 2014
for $50
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This item is a set of Pre-Columbian Neolithic points, or
arrowheads found on the shoreline of Madden Lake, a
reservoir on the Chagres River that is used to supply water
to the Panama Canal during the dry season. When lake water
is discharged into the Chagres River between February and
May. the lake level drops and artifacts can be found below
the high water mark. All ten of these artifacts are surface
finds. They were collected by George Chevalier in the
1950s-1970s. All of these artifacts were collected in the
American Canal Zone prior to when the Canal Zone was ceded
back to Panama in 1999. All of these lithic points are approximately the same
size. Most have one side that is flat and the other side is
irregular. The material is Chert or Flint and this type of
stone is found on the higher ground near the Continental
Divide. The lengths vary between 37 mm and 52 mm. The widths
vary between 17 mm and 25 mm. The total weight for all 10
lithic points is 48 grams.