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These two scrapers were recovered from the surface of an archeological workshop site near the Saline River in Trego County during the 1997 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The scraper on the left is made of a chert called Smoky Hill silicified chalk, while the chert of the right scraper is unidentified. They would have likely been hafted on a handle and used to scrape hides. The tools would have required periodic resharpening.
Date: 1000-1800 CE
Item Number: 309551
Call Number: 14TO313-0-3; 14TO313-0-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309551
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper - End
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper - Side
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Trego
Places - Rivers - Saline
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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