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This hematite artifact was recovered from the Fanning site in Doniphan County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1981. Hematite is a relatively soft and fine-grained mineral form of iron oxide. The artifact has been polished and shaped on all of its sides. It use is unknown. The Fanning site was a Late Ceramic to early Contact Period Kansa village.
Date: 1500-1700 CE
Item Number: 508583
Call Number: 14DP1 1981.B.160
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508583
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Hematite
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Oneota
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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