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These 3/4 grooved axes were recovered from the Dickerson site in Atchison County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1878. While 3/4 grooved axes are frequently recovered from late Archaic sites, their use is not restricted to that time period. Axes like these are made by pecking a hard stone, in this case igneous rock, into a rough shape and then grinding and polishing it into its final state. These axes get their name from the hafting groove the encircles 3/4 of its body.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 443358
Call Number: 14AT346 78.4.1 & .2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443358
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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