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Artifacts and Features:

Total number of entries: 38
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Name: Arrowhead
Type: Lithics
Dimensions: Length: 40 mm; Width 3 mm
Picture: arrowhead 1
Date Range: Circa AD 1000 - 1200
Site: Russell's Point
Culture: Recent Indian
Description: Grey chert arrowhead with basal notching.
 

Name: Scraper
Type: Lithics
Dimensions: Length: 25 mm; width 17 mm
Picture: Scraper 1
Date Range: AD 1000 - AD 1650
Site: Russell's Point
Culture: Beothuk
Description: Chert scraper. This tool was probably used to scrape hides and would have originally been set in a wooden or bone handle.
 

Name: Beothuk Arrowhead (CiAj-1:1027)
Type: Lithics
Dimensions: Length: 39.5 mm; Width: 16.3 mm (at shoulder).
Picture: <b>CiAj-1:1027
Date Range: Circa A.D. 1400 - A.D. 1650
Site: Russell's Point
Culture: Beothuk
Description: Bifacial, expanding stemmed arrowhead made of light grey chert. Found in the southeast corner of the site.
 

Name: Stemmed Arrowhead (CiAj - 1:796)
Type: Lithics
Dimensions: Length: 22mm, width: 12mm, thickness: 2.8 mm
Picture: <b>stemmed arrowhead
Date Range: Circa AD 1300 - AD 1600
Site: Russell's Point
Culture: Beothuk
Description: Tiny stemmed arrowhead of grey chert.
 

Name: Ramah Chert Arrowhead
Type: Lithics
Dimensions: Length: 42 mm, width: 18 mm
Picture: ramah arrowhead
Date Range: Circa AD 1000 - 1200
Site: Russell's Point
Culture: Recent Indian
Description: Ramah chert arrowhead found in the southeast quadrant of the site. The chert used to make this arrowhead comes from northern Labrador and must have been traded along the Labrador coast and into Newfoundland.
 

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