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This biface was recovered from an archeological site along Mission Creek in Franklin County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The donor had reconstructed the biface from two fragments. A biface, like this one, could have been used as a cutting tool or, with more work, turned into a specific tool.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 443585
Call Number: 14FR410 1984.O.2467 Snyder donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443585
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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