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This hematite artifact was collected from the surface of a Middle Ceramic period camp site by a Kansas Historical Society archeologist during a survey. Hematite is a relatively soft and fine-grained mineral form of iron oxide. The artifact has been polished in some areas and series of small lines have been incised on its surface. It use is unknown.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 446697
Call Number: 14DP380-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446697
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Hematite
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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