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This reconstructed digging stick tip was recovered during excavations at the 1998 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school in Meade County at the Lundeen site. It was used to dig holes and plant seeds. It has a beveled bottom for working in the soil and was attached to a handle at the top. The site is a Middle Ceramic period camp that is part of the Wilmore Complex.
Date: 1237-1435 CE
Item Number: 510169
Call Number: 14MD306-274-15 6.5" x 2"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 510169
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
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Wilmore
Places - Counties - Meade
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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