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This axe head was recovered from Fool Chief's Village, a Kansa village in Shawnee County that was the site of the 2012 Kansas Archeology Training Program, though excavations continued through 2012 and 2013. As this axe shows evidence of battering on the top, it may have been used as an anvil. The axe head was cleaned by electrolysis which passes an electrical current through a liquid solution to separate the rust from the artifact.
Date: 1830-1844 CE
Item Number: 455832
Call Number: 14SH305-368-9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455832
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1830s
Date - 1840s
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Fool Chief's Village
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Woodworking - Ax
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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