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This shell disk bead was found on the surface of a Middle Ceramic period Smoky Hill aspect camp site in Saline County. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 443489
Call Number: 14SA407 2017.S.392 Reed donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443489
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Shell
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Bead
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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