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This scoop was made from a bison horn core and a portion of the frontal bone. It was recovered from excavations in 1934 at the Minneapolis archeological site in Ottawa County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1987. The dark material on the scoop is a crusty cortex that was deposited on the tool during the time it was in the ground. The Minneapolis site was a Smoky Hill Aspect village/camp occupied during the Middle Ceramic period.
Date: 1232-1409 CE
Item Number: 310278
Call Number: 14OT5-123 House 23 Feature 182
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310278
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Ottawa
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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