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The purpose of this modified bone is not completely understood. The deer-sized bone may have been manufacturing debris left after making another bone tool. The whitened appearance is a result of sun bleaching from being on the surface. It was recovered from the Curry site in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984.
Date: 1200-1400 CE
Item Number: 310113
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.62
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310113
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Middle Ceramic
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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