Collector:

Roy Miller  Search this

Donor Name:

Estate Of John D. Holland  Search this

Object Type:

Stone

Place:

Brownsville (North of), Licking County, Ohio, United States, North America

Accession Date:

29 Dec 2016

Collection Date:

26 Aug 1995

Notes:

L-1183 (Vanport Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.

L-1183 (Vanport Chert)

Vanport Chert, also known as Flint Ridge (OH), is smooth chert. It is every natural color and countless combinations, but black in uncommon. Thermal alteration does not produce the color green. Heat-treated specimens are hard to identify, but usually become more glossy than raw material. When weathered the surfaces become more dull. It has numerous fossil inclusions. Deposits include limestone matrix.

Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Form- Allegheny, Member- Vanport

Location remarks: Flint Ridge, Licking and Muskingum counties, Ohio; John Nethers property along County Hwy. 8, NW 1/4 sec. 6, Hopewell Twp., Muskingum Co., Oh.

Archaeology remarks: All cultural periods; Meadowcroft

Record Last Modified:

22 Nov 2019

Specimen Count:

7

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

2071475

USNM Number:

A599104-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3582b5efd-7754-4999-9de7-b7fefcd95c91

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12616689