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This scraper is made of Alibates agatized dolomite from the Canadian River valley in the Texas panhandle. Scrapers such as this would have been hafted on a handle and used to scrape hides. They would have required periodic resharpening. The scraper was recovered in 1994 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Middle Ceramic period Pratt complex village in Pratt County. This scraper suggests either trade with people further south or travel by Pratt complex people to the Texas panhandle.
Date: 1300-1500 CE
Item Number: 472442
Call Number: 14PT420-0-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 472442
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Alibates
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Pratt
Places - Counties - Pratt
Places - Other States - Texas
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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