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These six drills were recovered from excavations in 1966 at the Lewis site in Pawnee County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. were used to bore holes in softer materials (hides, shell, or soft stone) than the drill material itself and were made on a variety of chert types. The Lewis site has Pratt Complex (Middle Ceramic period), Smoky Hill aspect (Middle Ceramic period), and Great Bend aspect (Late Ceramic period) occupations.
Date: 1000-1700 CE
Item Number: 473240
Call Number: 14PA307
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 473240
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 - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Pratt
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Pratt
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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