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These two biface were surface finds collected during a survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists from an Early Ceramic period site in Chase County. A biface, like these, could have been used as a cutting tool or, with more work, turned into a specific tool. Both were made of Permian chert.
Date: 1-1000 CE
Item Number: 449560
Call Number: 14CS1304-24 & 14CS1304-42
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 449560
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Chase
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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