According to my friend, Pete Bussen, this point is probably between 500 and 1000 years old.
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LEFT: The combination of fossils (Fusulinids),
mineralization and a very old man-made object, all rolled in to one. The arrowhead was made
from chert that was probably picked up in eastern Kansas ("Flint Hills" - Upper
Pennsylvanian). The fossils are most likely a genus named Triticites.
The arrowhead was found in southwest
Sedgwick County, Kansas, on a sandbar of Cowskin Creek in 1972. It is a beautiful piece of
workmanship. Point is 2.8 cm long by 1.3 cm across the base. The
diameter of the fusulinid
in cross-section is about 3.5 mm. Scale is in mm. According to my friend, Pete Bussen, this point is probably between 500 and 1000 years old. |
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