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These bird bone beads and others were recovered from the Curry site in Greenwood County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The Curry site was a multicomponent (multiple occupations) site occupied periodically during the Archaic, Early Ceramic and Middle Ceramic Periods. The beads were made from a section of bird bone. They were scored, then cut or snapped, and finally had their edges smoothed, to form the tubular beads. Incised spirals and rings were added to each bead for decoration.
Date: 1200-1400 CE
Item Number: 442869
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.65; .67;.68; .7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442869
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Bead
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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