The Glenwood Culture
Pottery Brings Change
A Bison Jump
Scapula Hoe
Arrowhead Spears
Bone Fishhooks
Techniques of Pottery Manufacture
Glenwood Culture House Floor Plan
Glenwood Culture House 
Bone Shaft Straightener
Clamshell Fish Lure or Decoy
McVey Strap Handle
Collared Rim Pottery
Cache Pit
Bone Shaft Straightener
Time Frame: 900
A shaft straightener was an implement used to straighten arrow shafts. It was made of bone or antler and was perforated with a hole. A wooden arrow shaft was inserted in the holes of two shaft straighteners which were then twisted and turned in opposing directions to straighten the shaft.
Illustrated by Mary Slattery, Will Thomson, and David Crawford
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 6 – Glenwood Culture
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 6 – Glenwood Culture
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