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These four ceramic handles were just a few of the many recovered from the Sharps Creek village in McPherson County during the 1993 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The large loop style handle on the far left and the small strap handle next to it were both attached to the vessel using rivets. The rivets were made of clay, and created by inserting a portion of the handle into a hole in the pot and then smoothing over the interior. The two wide strap handles on the right may have been attached by being molded onto the lip and the body of their vessels.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 440072
Call Number: 14MP408-3010-1; 2832-1; 3342-1; 2616-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440072
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ceramic
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Vessel
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Sharps Creek
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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