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This gunflint, quarried and manufactured in southern England, was found at the Wells archeological site in Barton County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2021. Gunflints were used to generate a spark in a flintlock musket or pistol to ignite the gunpowder and as strike-a-lights for lighting a fire. This gunflint has a single dorsal arris, two planes forming a sharp edge. The village site had an abundance of artifacts that reflect not only a Dismal River aspect occupation (1650 - 1750 CE) but also a historic component.
Date: 1700-1860
Item Number: 509500
Call Number: 14BT404 2021.B.124 7/8" x 3/4"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 509500
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Barton
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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