Chepultepec Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Nov 1991
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-682 (Chepultepec Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience may include a prehistoric or abandoned modern quarry. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-682 (Chepultepec Chert)
label: Notes
content: Chepultepec Chert, also known as Copper Ridge, is a yellow or white chert with a dull luster. It may have rhombic cavities, fossiliferous, and oolitic inclusions. The texture is "worm-eaten" hard. Deposits include boulder size in local gravel quarry.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Form- Chepultepec
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Ridge and Valley chert of GA, TN, AL, and VA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 20
place: label: Place
content: E. Brainard, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071475
label: USNM Number
content: A599603-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone