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Exhibit materials showing the cultures and timeframe represented by Native American projectile points found in the Town of Warwick, New York.

NOTE; THIS CHART BEING UPDATED FEB. 2019: Timeline of Cultures and Periods (Chart being updated Feb.. 2019)

Exhibit created in cooperation with: Jesse Hofer, Barry Kass, Mark Kurtz, Pat McConnell, Gail Phillips, Mark Phillips, Femi Roecker, Karl Roecker, Sharon Webster, Rich Van Sickle, and New York State Museum Curator of Archaology Jon Lothrop

With grateful thanks for exhibit support and design to Holt Construction, Amanda Holt, and Brad Phillips

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ALL OF THE ARTIFACTS SHOWN WERE FOUND IN WARWICK

Video Learning - Exhibit Interview

Susan Supak interviews exhibit organizer Brad Phillips (audio file and slide show) as part of the Library Out Loud series.

What Type Is It? Helpful Sites

Try these sources to help understand and identify your finds:

How the Tools Were Made

What Materials Were Used

Common Stone Types and Northeastern Lithics Technologies

Other Tools - Bannerstone Wings

Other Tools - Scrapers

Other Tools - Flint Knives

Other Tools - Drills

Other Tools - Bird Points

The Van Sickle Moose Elk - Early Human Evidence

The discovery of a prehistoric "Moose Elk" or in 2007 by Richard Van Sickle gave further evidence of prehistoric animals. On this collage photo you can see the marks caused by spear points, and the skeleton also suggests it was butchered by humans. See further info. and photos at: http://albertwisner-montage.auto-graphics.com/#/item-details/entities_10985