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This bone awl was recovered during excavations at the Kansas Archeological Training Program in 1998. It was found in Meade County at the Lundeen site, a Middle Ceramic period camp site that was part of Wilmore Complex. The awl was made from a medipodial of a deer or antelope and used as a perforating tool.
Date: 1237-1435 CE
Item Number: 313819
Call Number: 14MD306-147-10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 313819
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Awl
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Meade
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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