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This pipestone artifact was recovered from a site in Mitchell County that was occupied by people of the White Rock Oneota, a Late Prehistoric (1000-1650 CE) archeological complex. The soft, fine-grained material of the pipestone enabled the carver to shape and smooth the piece into a rectangle of unknown function. The site was excavated by the University of Nebraska and the collection was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1987.
Date: 1000 - 1650 CE
Item Number: 505869
Call Number: 14ML1 KM-91
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505869
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Pipestone
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Oneota
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - White Rock
Places - Counties - Mitchell
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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