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This small shell bead was recovered from the surface at the Macy site in Riley County in 1995 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The disk bead was likely manufactured from a mussel shell. The Macy site is a multicomponent camp site that was occupied periodically during the Early Ceramic to Middle Ceramic periods and into Historic times.
Date: 2-654 CE
Item Number: 443558
Call Number: 14RY38
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443558
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Shell
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Bead
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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