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These six flakes of Alibates chert were recovered from a hill top camp site, 14KW401, in Kiowa County. The debitage, waste flakes from tool making, were made of Alibates chert, a silicified or agatized dolomite from the Canadian River in the Texas panhandle. The dark piece has been burned in a fire.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 443456
Call Number: 14KW401
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443456
Collections - Archeology
Environment - Water - Rivers
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Debitage
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Alibates
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Kiowa
Places - Other States - Texas
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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