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This bison scapula hoe was collected from the Paint Creek village site in McPherson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1971. To make the hoe, the long spine that runs the length of the scapula (shoulder blade) was removed and the edges were beveled and sharpened. Then the hoe blade was hafted to a handle. The Paint Creek site is what archeologists call part of the Little River Focus of the Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita), whose people practiced fishing, hunting, gathering, and agriculture.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 513035
Call Number: 14MP1 71.138.109 Whiteford donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 513035
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Bone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Hoe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Paint Creek
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wichita
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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