Collector:

Fritz  Search this

J. D. Holland  Search this

Herter  Search this

Donor Name:

Estate Of John D. Holland  Search this

Object Type:

Stone

Place:

Antis Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

Accession Date:

29 Dec 2016

Collection Date:

1 Jul 2001

Notes:

L-1670 (Corriganville Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock and roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.

L-1670 (Corriganville Chert):

Corriganville Chert is also known as Bedford, Bedford County, Corginsville, Hollidaysburg Flint, Huntingdon Cream, or New Scotland. It is faded light gray, dappled, mottled, or white and black. When weathered it become light gray, brown, has iron oxide staining or is white. It has fossiliferous inclusions. It has a very smooth, opaque texture. Deposits include tabular with scoriaceous limestone matrix surface.

Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Series- Lower Devonian, Stage- Lochkovian, Group- Helderberg, Form- Old Port( (PA), Member- Corriganville

Location remarks: Type section, a railroad cut 0.3 miles southeast of Corriganville, Alleghany Co., MD; PA, WV, VA; Exposed by U.S. 220 road cut on Altoona By-pass, PA; Hampshire Co., WV

Archaeology remarks: Late Prehistoric Susquehannock, site 46HM73, Hampshire County, WV; Early Archaic, Dove Site

Record Last Modified:

22 Nov 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

2071475

USNM Number:

A599380-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d4b7b814-5c57-409b-b6b5-51b0e935404d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12616980