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These two drills, from Kearny County, were donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2016. The lighter colored drill may be made from Alibates flint, from the Texas panhandle. The darker drill is made of an unknown chert type. Drills were used to bore holes in softer materials.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 315545
Call Number: 14KY 2016.B.217, 2016.B.218
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 315545
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Drill
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Kearny
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE
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