Our Native American artifact collection details the progression of projectile point technology in the area around Iron County region over thousands of years. It highlights the transition from just after the large, lanceolate Clovis points of the Paleo-Indian period (13,000–8,000 BCE) used for hunting megafauna, to the Dalton and Archaic points which introduced side and corner notching for use with atlatls. It also notes the appearance of true arrowheads during the Late Woodland and Mississippian periods (post-500 CE) as bow-and-arrow technology was adopted.
These artifacts were typically crafted from local Missouri cherts, such as Burlington or Mozarkite, and served as vital tools for the ancestral Osage and other groups that inhabited the Ozark Plateau.
All of these artifacts come from the Kelton White Collection, and all were found over a period of years on a farm near Stouts Creek, outside of Arcadia.
