3D Scans Galore: Lithics and Clay

On March 7th SMU hosted Mustangs Give Back Day! Mustangs Give Back Day is an event where SMU departments and organizations raise money to fund projects or other needs. The SMU Collections Management Team raised money so we could work more on our 3D scanning. Thank you to all our Mustangs Give Back Donors!

We started with some large projectile points and a knife from the Collins Collection:
SMU 92.1.2.41

Stemmed Biface by SMUMaterialScience on Sketchfab

SMU 92.1.95

92.1.95 Knife by SMUMaterialScience on Sketchfab

And then we scanned a Wyandotte Chert Disc from the Collins Collection (SMU 92.1.177.286). Many discs like this were found at the Hopwell site in southern Indiana. More than 8,000 of these discs were found in a cache in Mound 2.

92.1.177.286 Disc by SMUMaterialScience on Sketchfab

Lastly, we scanned a historic clay pipe (SMU 92.1.191.5).

92.1.191.5 Pipe by SMUMaterialScience on Sketchfab