Some artifacts housed at the Springfield Illinois, collection and preservation wareho

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Some artifacts housed at the Springfield Illinois, collection and preservatio...

I spent several hours last Saturday in Springfield with our local Illinois Valley Archeological Society members. We were being entertained by Dr. Michael Wiant who oversees all the museums in Illinois and also the artifact preservation center which houses all the artifacts and other site materials from all of Illinois' sites and some stuff from a couple of neighboring states as well.
Here are a few of the many arrow points discovered in mound 72 at the Cahokia site down by St Louis... ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508818020.246446.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508818037.540606.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1508818055.462965.webp
Mostl are 1 1/2- 2 millimeters thin.
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Flippin' amazing.
 

By god they are BEAUTIFUL. So many perfect points.
 

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