File:Besant Projectile Point (FOUS 3909) (a7b333cf-1dd8-b71b-0b67-5ad547fb6484).jpg

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English: Besant Projectile Point (FOUS 3909)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Besant Projectile Point (FOUS 3909)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Swan River chert besant projectile point.

Before Europeans arrived in the Americas, Swan River Chert, was one type of lithic material that American Indian peoples knapped into projectile points. Found in glacial till, the small rocks left behind when glaciers melted, this chert is abundant in the Swan River Valley region of Manitoba, Canada. Archeologists call this particular point a Besant point; it dates from between 3,000 BP and 1,500 BP.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; fur; trade; projectile; point; arrowhead; fous
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 24 February 2017
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a7b333cf-1dd8-b71b-0b67-5ad547fb6484
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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FOUS

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