Quartz Hafted Knife

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Title

Quartz Hafted Knife

Subject

Artifacts

Description

This rare artifact was found at a Late Woodland site in Montgomery County, southwestern Virginia. It is a quartz knife hafted to a bone handle. This artifact shows how Virginia Indians combined different materials from the environment around them to produce their material culture.

Source

Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA

Date

900 - 1600 C.E.

Format

674 × 503

Type

Image

Coverage

Montgomery County

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

674 × 503

Files

44MY0003_F86_quartz_&_bone_hafted_knife.jpg

Citation

“Quartz Hafted Knife,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed March 20, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/506.

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