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These three cores were just a few of those found eroding from a bluff at the Nuttycomb 2-1 site in Norton County in 2002. A core is a stone from which flakes, used in tool making, are removed. The parent material for all three cores is Smoky Hill silicified chalk, which outcrops nearby.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 439678
Call Number: 14NT321-0-4; -6; -7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 439678
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Core
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Norton
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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