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This alternately beveled knife was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists from an archeological site in Cowley County. Repeated sharpening on the knife's alternate sides created the bevels. The knife is made of local Flint Hills region chert that has been heated to improve the knapping quality of the chert.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 520271
Call Number: 14CO330-93
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 520271
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Knife - Beveled
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Florence
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Cowley
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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