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This chipped stone tool, possibly either an adze or an axe, was most likely used for woodworking. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. 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: 442847
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.1337
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442847
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Woodworking
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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