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The site in Gove County where this biface was recovered is associated with two nearby quarry's for Smoky Hill silicified chalk. The site may itself be a lithic workshop. The site was first recorded in 1977 and revisited during the 1997 Kansas Archeology Training Program. A biface like this one could have been used as a cutting tool or, with more work, turned into a specific tool.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 447319
Call Number: 14GO302-207
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447319
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
Collections - Archeology
Environment
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Gove
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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