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This nearly complete hematite axe or celt was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. Hematite is a relatively soft and fine-grained mineral form of iron oxide. It is easily carved and polished. A celt is an unnotched axe and this one was created by grinding away unwanted material and then polishing. Likely this celt was only used for special purposes or occasions.
Date: 6000 BCE-1 CE
Item Number: 446309
Call Number: 14LV331 2017.E.1 Chapman donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446309
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Celt
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Hematite
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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