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This knife was collected from the Wullschleger site in Marshall county and donated in 1961 to the Kansas Historical Society. The village site was a multicomponent site, meaning that it was occupied at various times during the Early, Middle and Late Ceramic periods. The knife gets its pinkish color as a result of the flintknapper heat treating the material to improve the chert's knapping qualities. Repeated sharpening on alternate sides created bevels. The two notches near the base indicate that the knife was mostly likely hafted. One side is nearly covered with the original collector's notes.
Date: 1 CE-1800
Item Number: 312365
Call Number: 14MH301 61.12.4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312365
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife - Beveled
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Marshall
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic (1 - 1000 CE)
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic/Protohistoric (1500 - 1820 CE)
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic (1000 - 1500 CE)
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