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These four scrapers were collected from the Wullschleger site in Marshall County. They are just a few of the many artifacts donated by Otto Wullschleger to the Kansas Historical Society in 1960 and 1961. The pinkish color of one of the scrapers is a result of the material being carefully heated before manufacturing to improve the chert's knapping qualities. The scrapers were likely hafted on a handle and used to scrape hides. The village was occupied periodically during the Early, Middle, and Late Ceramic periods.
Date: 1-1800 CE
Item Number: 312372
Call Number: 14MH301 60.70.2, 61.12.19, 61.12.20, 61.12.21 The Wullschleger collection
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312372
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Marshall
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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