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Object Number:36-19-26
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: New Mexico
Blackwater Draw
Gravel Pit
Clovis
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Period: Paleoindian
Date Made: 8900 BCE
Early Date: -8900
Late Date: -8900
Section:American
Materials:Edwards Chert
Technique:Chipped
Length: 5.1 cm
Width: 2.4 cm
Depth: 0.45 cm
Credit Line:New Mexico Expedition, E. B. Howard, 1936
Other Number:9-2 - Cast Number

Description

Complete groove both sides. Screened from Gravel Pit southeast dump in test trench sunk in blue material.

Bibliography:

[Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 190-191/Plate 78View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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