Glendale Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Sep 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Curtis Tomak
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-202 (Glendale Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-202 (Glendale Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Perth Type Sheet) Perth, also known as Glendale, is a light gray (N7) to medium gray (N5) to light blue gray (5B 7/1), with irregular white or light gray mottles, type of chert. It has a dull to slightly waxy luster with a medium, chalky texture, and displays stress fracture, vug, and fossil inclusions. When weathered, it is lighter shades of mixed gray or tan (5Y R5/6), (10YR 5/4).
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Perth Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Series- Desdemoinsian, Group- Raccoon Creek, Form- Staunton, Member- Perth
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Perth Type Sheet) Eroding from the bluffs overlooking the West Fork-White River near the Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area in Daviess County, (Indiana) just northeast of the "T-junction created by the borders of it and Dubois and Pike counties.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Perth Type Sheet) Use of Perth generally confined to a small radius about the source area, utilized frequently in the Archaic and Late Archaic making greatest usage.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: Daviess County, Indiana, 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: A598329-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone