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This fragment of Kansas pipestone was recovered from the surface of an Early Ceramic period camp site in Doniphan County. Kansas pipestone is found in the glacial drift of northeast Kansas. The piece shows plow scars, damage from farming activities, but not other modification. The soft fine grain Kansas pipestone material would have enabled it to be shaped and smoothed if desired.
Date: 1-1000 CE
Item Number: 450212
Call Number: 14DP317-46
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 450212
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone - Kansas Pipestone
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Early Ceramic, 1 - 1000 CE
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