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These two bone awls were recovered from the Anthony site in Harper County. Awls such as these were usually made from deer bone. They were used to make holes in soft material, like hides, and possibly in basket and pottery manufacturing. The Anthony site dates to the Bluff Creek complex in the Middle Ceramic period. Bluff Creek people practiced a mixed economy of hunting, gathering, and some horticulture.
Date: 1100-1300 CE
Item Number: 473403
Call Number: 14HP1-362
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 473403
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Awl
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Bluff Creek
Places - Counties - Harper
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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