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This bone tool was recovered from the Kraus site in Ellis county during the 2015 Kansas Archeology Training Program. It is possibly some type of multi-purpose tool, though its specific function is unknown. It was made from a fragment of an animal's long bone. The Kraus site is a Keith Phase occupation in western Kansas.
Date: 500-1100 CE
Item Number: 311141
Call Number: 14EL313-89-35
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 311141
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 - Keith
Places - Counties - Ellis
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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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