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These nine scrapers were all recovered from excavations at the Lewis site in Pawnee County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The scrapers are all made of Smoky Hill silicified chalk. They would have likely been hafted on a handle and used to scrape hides. The tools would have required periodic resharpening. The Lewis site is multiple occupation habitation site with Pratt Complex (Middle Ceramic period), Smoky Hill aspect (Middle Ceramic period), and Great Bend aspect (Late Ceramic period) occupations.
Date: 1100-1700 CE
Item Number: 440452
Call Number: 14PA307-5023 through 5027, -5106, 5115, 5119, 5120
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440452
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Middle Ceramic
Places - Counties - Pawnee
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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