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Collector:
Jesse Bergrevra  Search this
Joe S.  Search this
Donor Name:
Estate Of John D. Holland  Search this
Object Type:
Stone
Place:
Madison County / Oneida Indian Reservation, New York, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Dec 2016
Collection Date:
18 Nov 2006
Notes:
S-1871 (Moorehouse Chert): Unknown collection procedure.
S-1871 (Moorehouse Chert)
Moorehouse is also known as Onondaga, Black Rock, Buttermilk Falls, Central Onondaga, Clarence, Coniferous, Diver's Lake, Eastern Onondaga, Edgecliff, Moorehouse, Nedrow, Seneca, Upper Onondaga, and Western Onondaga. It can be gray, mottled gray, black or white. There is generally no color change when heat treated. However, it may turn red, purple or white when treated with extreme heat. It becomes white, pale blue, tan, or brown when weathered. It may have fossiliferous inclusions. It has a coarse to glossy texture. Deposits included bedded tabular and nodular in limestone, glacial, and alluvial gravel deposits. SEE ALSO: BLACK ROCK, BUTTERMILK FALLS, CLARENCE, EATERN ONONDAGA, EDGECLIFF, MOOREHOUSE, NEDROW, SENECA
Geology: Epoch- Late Devonian, Series- Erian, Group- Ulsterian, Form- Onondaga, Member- Seneca, Moorehouse, Nedrow, Clarence, Edgecliff.
Location remarks: Lake Erie shoreline, Ontario, Canada; Buttermilk falls chert, PA; Niagara Frontier, NY; Esopus Creek. West Hurley, NY; northeastern and northwestern PA.
Archaeology remarks: Used during all cultural periods; Arc Site, Genesee Co., NY, Paleoindian; Kilmer Site, Steuben Co., NY, Paleoindian; Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Record Last Modified:
22 Nov 2019
Specimen Count:
3
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2071475
USNM Number:
A598896-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e7094e22-2b37-473d-ace4-d5bd00cffb08
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12616461