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This celt was found at the Trowbridge archeological site in Wyandotte County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. This celt was made by pecking a hard stone into a rough shape then grinding and polishing it into its final shape. Most likely it would have been inserted into a wooden handle. Trowbridge is a Kansas City Hopewell site from the Early Ceramic Period. During this time archeologists find evidence of houses, cultivated plants, the bow and arrow, and decorated pottery.
Date: 1 CE-250 CE
Item Number: 309124
Call Number: 14WY1 73.68.5118
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309124
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