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These three alternately beveled knife fragments were collected from a multicomponent (multiple occupations) camp site in Elk County and, in 1975, donated to the Kansas Historical Society. All three artifacts were made of Permian chert. The pinkish color of one indicates that it had been heat treated to improve knapping quality of the chert. Repeated sharpening on the knives alternate sides created the bevels.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 448039
Call Number: 14EK304 1975.103 Carr donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 448039
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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