The Steuben point is a type of
Native American arrowhead from the
Middle Woodland to Late Woodland period found in what later became the United States.
It is a stone tool point found throughout central
Illinois
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and the surrounding Midwest. These points have a slightly convex blade, expanding stem, and straight base that sometimes exhibit basal grinding. The point type is technologically related to Snyders and Ansell points.
References
Lithics
Woodland period
Native American tools
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