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These four drill fragments were collected from an Archaic period site in Dickinson County and donated in 2010 to the Kansas Historical Society. All are made of Permian chert. Drills were used to bore holes in softer materials than the drill itself, such as hides, shell, wood, or soft stone.
Date: 7000 BCE-500 CE
Item Number: 457661
Call Number: 14DN414 2010.A Detrich donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 457661
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
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
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