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These two alternately beveled knives were recovered from the Pratt/Wing site in Pratt County. The Pratt site is the type site of the Pratt Complex which occurred during the Middle Ceramic Period. Knives such as these gained their distinctive beveled appearance by repeated sharpening on alternate sides.
Date: 1300-1500 CE
Item Number: 318896
Call Number: 14PT1-53; 14PT1-54
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 318896
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife - Harahey
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Pratt
Places - Counties - Pratt
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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