This Adena Stemmed point is from Allen County, Indiana, and was made from Wyandotte Chert.  Adena points date to the Adena culture, Early Woodland period in Ohio and Indiana, ca. 2100-2500 BP.

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The Early Woodland period of eastern North America saw an intensification of plant domestication activities that began in the preceding Late Archaic period, starting by 5000 BP, and culminated in the arrival of maize into the region at about 2200 BP.  The changes brought about by this change in subsistence were profound and resulted in the development of highly complex agricultural societies.  Pottery-making became widespread, permanent villages were common, and ceremonial complexes developed with the construction of conical-shaped mounds.  People were buried in these mounds along with copper artefacts, leaf-shaped bifaces, and art objects made from mica, hematite, shell, and banded slate.  Utilitarian tools included the stemmed points of the Dickson family, including Gary, Adena, Waubesa, Little Bear Creek, and Cypress.