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This hematite celt was collected from the Curry village site in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The artifact presents something of a conundrum: it has a celt-like edge and the general shape of a celt, but is too small to be useful as a woodworking tool. The artifact was manufactured by grinding or pecking into its general shape followed by polishing. The Curry site in Greenwood County was a multicomponent (multiple occupations) site occupied periodically during the Archaic, Early Ceramic and Middle Ceramic Periods.
Date: 1200-1400 CE
Item Number: 512745
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.38 Curry donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 512745
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Celt
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Hematite
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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