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This large biface was found in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1886. It may have been stored for future use (what Archeologists call a cache), meant for trade, or had some other significance we today do not know. It was broken prior to its donation. It is made from a large slab of Smoky Hill Jasper, which outcrops in north central and northwestern Kansas.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 307686
Call Number: 86.10 14SH
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307686
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE
Date - 1400-1499
Date - 1500-1599
Date - 1600-1699
Date - 1700-1799
Date - 1800-1819
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Biface
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Smoky Hill Jasper
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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