Cascade point
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A Cascade point is a projectile point
associated with the Cascade phase, an ancient culture of Native Americans that settled in the Pacific Northwest
that existed from 9000 or 10000 BC until about 5500 BC.
A projectile found lodged in the hip of Kennewick Man
was leaf-shaped, long, broad and had serrated edges.
Projectile point
In archaeological terms, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a projectile, such as a spear, dart, or arrow, or perhaps used as a knife....
associated with the Cascade phase, an ancient culture of Native Americans that settled in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
that existed from 9000 or 10000 BC until about 5500 BC.
A projectile found lodged in the hip of Kennewick Man
Kennewick Man
Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, USA, on July 28, 1996...
was leaf-shaped, long, broad and had serrated edges.