Core

64-12-4

From: United States of America | Louisiana | Belzoni | Jaketown Site

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 64-12-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Poverty Point Culture
Provenience United States of America | Louisiana | Belzoni | Jaketown Site
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Chert
Technique Chipped
Description

Fluted polyhedral cores made upon a glacial pebble. All have some of rind preserved, -1 and -2 have a large area of it. (Pebbles are from the ancient gravel bars of the Ohio River, later exposed in Mississippi).

Length 5 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Thickness 2.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Witthoft, 1964

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