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Collector:
Jack Holland  Search this
Donor Name:
Estate Of John D. Holland  Search this
Object Type:
Stone
Place:
Kansas City (South of), Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Dec 2016
Collection Date:
16 May 1998
Notes:
L-1439 (Argentine Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes float/residuum. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, heat-treated specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
L-1439 (Argentine Chert): Winterset chert in the roadcut & also down over the bank by the "T" intersection. This chert, however, is the black variety with white calcite stringers. More preualent than a light type, see L-1441.
Argentine Chert is a tan, pale brown, light gray, dark reddish gray, or light gray mottled chert. It can also be very dark gray to nearly black containing scattered cream-colored fossil-bits. When weathered it becomes light brown. It may contain fusilinid fossils. It has a slightly gritty, opaque texture. Deposits include nodules in limestone.
Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Series- Upper Pennsylvanian, Stage- Missourian, Group- Kansas City/Zarah Subgroup, Form- Wyandotte, Member- Argentine Limestone
Location remarks: Cass County, MO; Jackson County; Platte County, MO; Pottawattamie Co., western Iowa.
Archaeology remarks: n.d.
Record Last Modified:
22 Nov 2019
Specimen Count:
13
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2071475
USNM Number:
A598656-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a868610f-e3f5-4d9a-84b9-36473381e264
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12616203