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These shell hoes were collected from House 1 at the Markley site, a Smoky Hill Phase occupation site containing two or more houses. The collection was donated in 1971 to the Kansas Historical Society. Shell hoes are a rare find at Kansas archeology sites. The mussel shell was perforated in the center and this hole served as a mount for the handle.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 453984
Call Number: 14OT308 71.138 Whiteford donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453984
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Gardening
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Shell
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Hoe
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Ottawa
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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