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This quartzite biface was recovered as an isolated find in Wichita County, Kansas. Archeologists use the term "isolated find" when only one artifact is found at a location. 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: 309450
Call Number: 14WT306-1 surface
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309450
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Wichita
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920 - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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