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Webb Collection

W. Howard Webb of Pennsylvania was an extensive collector of pre-Contact artifacts. His collection, which consists of petroglyph fragments, soapstone bowls, stone tools, and thousands of projectile points. Many of the items were collected along areas of the Susquehanna River that are now inundated by the Conowingo Dam Reservoir, which was constructed in 1927. Webb was an avocational collector who worked with John L. Baer, a former curator of the Smithsonian’s Division of Physical Anthropology. Baer's own collection had been merged with Webb’s collection prior to it being donated to Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in 1985. It was formally accessioned into the state’s archaeological collections in 1991.

Associated Artifacts

Brewerton Eared Triangle

Image of stone projectile point made of Chert, Triangular shape, with a Expanding stem, Excurvate blade, and Straight base shape. Brewerton Eared Triangle type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Brewerton Eared Triangle triangular chert excurvate blade expanding stem straight base Late Archaic Period

Calvert

Image of stone projectile point made of Quartz, Stemmed shape, with a Straight stem, Excurvate blade, and Straight base shape. Calvert type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Calvert stemmed quartz excurvate blade straight stem straight base Early Woodland Period

Fishtail Types

Image of stone projectile point made of Rhyolite, Stemmed shape, with a Expanding stem, Excurvate blade, and Concave base shape. Fishtail type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Fishtail stemmed rhyolite excurvate blade expanding stem concave base Late Archaic Period

Guilford

Image of stone projectile point made of Rhyolite, Lanceolate shape, with a N/A stem, Excurvate blade, and Convex base shape. Guilford type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Guilford lanceolate rhyolite excurvate blade N/A stem convex base Middle Archaic Period

Jacks Reef Pentagonal

Image of stone projectile point made of Chert, Pentagonal shape, with a N/A stem, Excurvate blade, and Concave base shape. Jacks Reef Pentagonal type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Jacks Reef Pentagonal pentagonal chert excurvate blade N/A stem concave base Middle Woodland Period

Madison

Image of stone projectile point made of Chert, Triangular shape, with a N/A stem, Straight blade, and Concave base shape. Madison type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Madison triangular chert straight blade N/A stem concave base Late Woodland Period

Morrow Mountain

Image of stone projectile point made of Quartzite, Contracting Stem shape, with a contracting stem, Excurvate blade, and Convex base shape. Morrow Mountain type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Morrow Mountain contracting stem quartzite excurvate blade contracting stem convex base Middle Archaic Period

Poplar Island

Image of stone projectile point made of Quartzite, Contracting Stem shape, with a Contracting stem, Excurvate blade, and Convex base shape. Poplar Island type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Poplar Island contracting stem quartzite excurvate blade contracting stem convex base Late Archaic Period

Selby Bay Fox Creek

Image of stone projectile point made of Argillite, Stemmed shape, with a Straight stem, Excurvate blade, and Concave base shape. Selby Bay/Fox Creek type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Selby Bay/Fox Creek stemmed argillite excurvate blade straight stem concave base Late Archaic Period

Selby Bay Fox Creek

Image of stone projectile point made of Chert, Stemmed shape, with a Expanding stem, Excurvate blade, and Straight base shape. Selby Bay/Fox Creek type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Selby Bay/Fox Creek stemmed chert excurvate blade expanding stem straight base Middle Woodland Period

Selby Bay Fox Creek

Image of stone projectile point made of Rhyolite, Stemmed shape, with a Straight stem, Excurvate blade, and Concave base shape. Selby Bay/Fox Creek type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Selby Bay/Fox Creek stemmed rhyolite excurvate blade straight stem concave base Middle Woodland Period

Susquehanna Broadspear

Image of stone projectile point made of Rhyolite, Stemmed shape, with a Expanding stem, Excurvate blade, and Concave base shape. Susquehanna Broadspear type.
Collections-WebbCollection Webb Collection Susquehanna Broadspear stemmed rhyolite excurvate blade expanding stem concave base Late Archaic Period