Elongated Celt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Style: Elongate Luster: LS2 Broken: Yes Element: Distal Fragment Break location: Mid Working Shape: Convex Edge Modification: Polished Manufacturing Notes: No bevel on bit. Well polished. Flared bit extends up straight for only .75cm before it constricts into poll. Rectangular X-sec. Polish is brighter along bit edge which shows characteristic fine striae from filing the edge smooth. Surface modification: Polished Residue: Shell on broken end of poll. Streak of gold metal on one lateral edge as though turned over in hand by someone wearing gold ring. Use Trace: Very little wear on bit. There is one polished-over scar mid-edge.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448672-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Celt/Chisel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 10.66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 3.2 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 1.75 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 94.7 g
label: Proximal Stem Width
content: ca. 1.98 cm
label: Distal Stem Width
content: ca. 2.62 cm