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This digging stick tip was recovered from the Minneapolis archeological site in Ottawa County during excavation in 1973 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and volunteers. It was made from a bison leg bone and was used to dig holes and plants seeds. The tool has a beveled bottom for working in the soil and was attached to a handle at the top. The Minneapolis site was a Smoky Hill aspect village occupied during the Middle Ceramic time period.
Date: 1232-1409 CE
Item Number: 509207
Call Number: 14OT5-10828 6.5" x 2.25" x 1 7/8"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509207
Agriculture
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Gardening
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Digging Stick Tip
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Minneapolis
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Smoky Hill
Places - Counties - Ottawa
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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