Core

64-12-1

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 64-12-1
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 5.1 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Thickness 2.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Witthoft, 1964

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