Bifacially thinned stone Mississippian ceremonial sword / Mississippian

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Bifacially thinned stone Mississippian ceremonial sword

Culture:

Mississippian

Date:

700-1600 CE

Period:

Mississippian

Place:

Warren, Tennessee

Materials/Techniques:

Stone -- Dover flint

Classification:

Archaeology

Object Type:

Blade (Ceremonial Mississippian Sword)

Accession No:

61.1576

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 5/8 in. (1.7 cm)
Length: 18 1/2 in. (47.0 cm)
Width: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

Interpretation

Description:

This blade is thought to be one of a cache of ten blades plowed up by Grover Woodley on the Ben York farm in 1949. The farm was located along the Collins River near McMinville, TN.

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blades, Ceremonial, ceremony, implements, Indian, Indians, knives, Kravis Discovery Center, Native American, religion, religious, stone, Tennessee, tools, Warren

Mississippian blades

Mississippian blades are found in the Mississippian Interaction Sphere throughout the southeastern United States, west into Oklahoma, and north into Kansas.

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Bifacially thinned stone Mississippian ceremonial sword. 61.1576. Kravis Discovery Center. 700-1600 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/611576 (05/18/2017).

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