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These abrader fragments were recovered from a Middle Ceramic period site in Crawford County. Archeologists call these abraders groundstone tools as they are shaped by grinding. The sandstone abraders could be used as pairs, one on each side, to smooth a wood shaft or individually to sharpen or smooth other items.
Date: 1000-1500 CE
Item Number: 508415
Call Number: 14CW301-166 through -170
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508415
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Abrader
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Sandstone
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Crawford
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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