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This chipped stone axe was recovered from an archeological site in Wilson County, Kansas that dates to the Early to Late Ceramic periods. The axe could have been hafted onto a handle and used for working wood. It is likely made of Florence chert from the Flint Hills.
Date: 1-1500 CE
Item Number: 309452
Call Number: 14WN353-0
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309452
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Wilson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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