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These alternately beveled knives were collected in Elk County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1959. Both knives were made of Permian chert. The knives gets their pinkish color as a result of the flintknapper heat treating the material to improve the chert's knapping qualities. Repeated sharpening on alternate sides created bevels.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 446155
Call Number: 14EK 59.188.443 & .444 Hamilton Shaffer donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446155
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife - Beveled
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Elk
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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