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These three artifacts were donated in 1880 and 1925 to the Kansas Historical Society. They were collected from the Blue Earth village site, a Kansa Indian village in Pottawatomie County. Many lodge depressions were still visible on the surface of the site in the 1880s. All three artifacts may have been at the start of modification. The smallest, a piece of hematite, has scratch marks on the smoothed end. The medium-sized is made of pipestone, while the largest is of Kansas pipestone. The soft fine grain material of these pieces would have enabled them to be shaped and smoothed if desired.
Date: 1795-1830
Item Number: 455870
Call Number: 14PO24 80.13, 80.14, 25.43 Wells & Brower donations
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455870
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Hematite
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone - Kansas Pipestone
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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