Fern Glen Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Not Given
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-165 (Fern Glen Chert): Unknown collection procedure; Not a collection from a archaeological context; Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-165 (Fern Glen Chert): Mississippian.
label: Notes
content: Fern Glen Chert is light green to cream or grayish green to gray in color. It becomes tan when weathered. It may have inclusions of brachiopods, corals, or crinoids. It has a smooth to glossy texture. Deposits include tabular and nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Series- Lower Mississippian, Stage- Osagean, Form- Fern Glen
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Chautauqua, Jersey Co.; Monroe County, collected from Mississippi River Bluff near Valmeyer, IL. St. Genevieve Co. (below Burlington limestone), St. Louis Co., Jefferson Co. (road cut along I55 approx. 35 miles south of St. Louis), Franklin Co., Perry Co., MO.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleo-Indian context at the Dugan Airfield site, Monroe Co., IL
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Jersey County, Illinois, 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: A598228-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone