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These obsidian flakes were recovered from an archeological site in Gove County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1980 and 1986. There is no natural source of obsidian in Gove County, so they were likely traded from a volcanic source such as the Yellowstone region of Wyoming or Taos, New Mexico. Archeologists are interested in what even the smallest of artifacts can tell us about how people used resources, moved across their landscapes and interacted with other groups. The site, situated on the bank of a creek, was occupied periodically for over 4,000 years.
Date: 3000 BCE-1500 CE
Item Number: 505328
Call Number: 14GO402 1980.212 & 1980.F Rogers donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505328
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Debitage
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Obsidian
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Gove
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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