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This biface was collected from the surface of small lithic workshop in Sheridan County. The site was discovered by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists in 1990. The biface was made of a type of chert called Smoky Hill silicified chert, which outcrops in western Kansas. The two fragments refit.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 443490
Call Number: 14SD333-0-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443490
Collections - Archeology
Environment - Geology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Sheridan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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