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Besant Associated Dates: 1600 – 1400 Y.B.P.
General Description: “The Besant type is diagnostic of a Plains bison hunting culture. Besant kill sites and hunting camps are distributed across the northern Plains, from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, including the southern prairie provinces of Canada. Besant is contemporary with Hopewell occupations in the Midwest. Besant peoples constructed mounds, buried their dead in bundles, and commonly placed bison offerings within mounds…. Besant cultures have been thought responsible for the trade of Knife River flint, possibly obsidian, and other items that are found on sites of the Hopewell cultures. The occurrence of actual Besant type projectile points at Mann site [located near the confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers in Posey County] extreme southwestern Indiana is the first direct evidence that Besant peoples did provide exotic materials of western origin, and actual Besant traders probably traveled to Hopewell sites in the Midwest.” (Text source: University of Indiana)
ABOVE: BES01: Besant points; no other details BESANT POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY (78 images: 39 source images/39 thumbnails)
ABOVE: BES02, BES03, BES04: Besant point; no other details
ABOVE: BES05: common Besant form outlines. Source: University of Indiana
ABOVE: BES06: Besant Knife; North Dakota; 4 3/8 inches (109.5mm); translucent Moss agate
ABOVE: BES07 AND BES08: Besant point; Johnson Co., Missouri; 2.75 inches (68.75mm)
ABOVE: BES09: Besant points; Alberta, Canada
ABOVE: BES10 AND BES11: Besant point, knife form; Dunn Co., North Dakota; 3.13 inches (78.25mm); Knife River Flint
ABOVE: BES12 AND BES13: Besant point; Kansas; 3.13 inches (78.25mm)  
ABOVE: BES14 AND BES15: Besant knife; possibly Dawes Co., Nebraska; 3.08 inches (77mm); Knife River flint  
ABOVE: BES16 AND BES17: Besant knife; Mountrail Co., North Dakota; 1.93 inches (48.25mm); first two of four images. Material is Knife River flint showing very heavy oxidation. Source: Highplainsartifacts dot com  
ABOVE: BES18 AND BES19: third and fourth of four views of Besant knife described above in frame #16. Source: Highplainsartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES20, BES21, BES22, BES23, BES24: Besant point; McLean Co., North Dakota; 2.75 inches (68.75mm); Knife River Flint, one side showing moderate patination. Source: Highplainsartifacts.com
ABOVE: BES25: Besant point; no location; 2.13 inches (54mm); Flat top chert; first of two views. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com
ABOVE: BES26: second of two views of Besant point described above. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com
ABOVE: BES27 and BES28: Besant point; Colorado; 2.38 inches (60.4mm); Niobrara jasper; shown life-size at right. Source: Cherry Creek Artifacts
ABOVE: BES29: Besant point; American Falls, Idaho; 2.18 inches (55.3mm); Knife River flint. Source: Earthworksartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES30: Besant point; Dakotas area; 3.38 inches (85.8mm); Knife River flint; first of six views. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES31: second of six views of Besant point described above in frame #30. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES32: third of six views of Besant point described above in frame #30. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES33: fourth of six views of Besant point described above in frame #30. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES34: fifth of six views of Besant point described above in frame #30. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES35: sixth of six views of Besant point described above in frame #30. Source: Roadrunnerartifacts dot com
ABOVE: BES36 AND BES37: Besant point; southern Nebraska; 2.31 inches (58.6mm). Source: www.relicshack.com
ABOVE: BES38 AND BES39: Besant point; Johnson Co., Missouri; 2.75 inches (69.8mm). Source: www.relicshack.com
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