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This small scraper was recovered from a Prehistoric camp site on a bluff south of the Cimarron River in Grant County. The scraper is made Alibates Agatized Dolomite, found along the Canadian River in Texas, and a highly prized trade item.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 447933
Call Number: 14GT301-42
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447933
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Scraper
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Alibates
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Grant
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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