Ex American collectors find. It weighs approx 460 grams & is 14.2cms long. On one side there are 2 stickers CELT & CHISEL PALEOLITHIC on the other side written in black 23LN Old Munroe, Mo. 23LN104
Amateur archaeologists, members of the Missouri Archaeological Society assisted the archaeologists from the University of Missouri - Columbia in the rescue excavation of the Old Monroe Site which is also called Burkemper Site (23LN104) and was destroyed by highway construction near Old Monroe, Missouri. The site was surveyed in 1980 by the Missouri Highway Department. The rescue dig was directed by Professor Michael O'Brien (University of Missouri at Columbia) in 1984.
