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This collection of debitage was collected during a survey at an archeological site in Greeley County. The site had occupations in both the Archaic and Middle Ceramic periods. The chert types include Smoky Hill silicified chalk, which outcrops in western Kansas into western Nebraska, Alibates flint, a silicified or agatized dolomite from the Canadian River valley in the Texas panhandle, and an unidentified chert.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 448226
Call Number: 14GL427
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 448226
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Debitage
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Alibates
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greeley
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Places - Regions - Northwest Kansas
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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