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These five drills were just a few of those collected from the Paint Creek village in McPherson County. Drills were used to bore holes in softer materials than the drill material itself, such as hides, shells, or soft stone. These drills were donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1971. The Paint Creek village is what archeologists call part of the Little River focus of the Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita), whose people practiced fishing, hunting, gathering, and agriculture.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 455157
Call Number: 14MP1 71.138 Whiteford donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455157
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Drill
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Permian Chert
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Paint Creek
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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