Besant Projectile Point (FOUS 3909)

Before Europeans arrived in the Americas, Swan River Chert, was one type of lithic material that American Indian peoples knapped into projectile points. Found in glacial till, the small rocks left behind when glaciers melted, this chert is abundant in the Swan River Valley region of Manitoba, Canada. Archeologists call this particular point a Besant point; it dates from between 3,000 BP and 1,500 BP.