New Scotland Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Oct 1997
name: label: Collector
content: John D. Holland Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1767 (New Scotland Chert): Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, archaeological specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1767 (New Scotland Chert):
label: Notes
content: New Scotland Chert is also known as Bedford County, Corriganville, Dauphin County White, Flatbrook, Herndon, Hollidaysburg Flint, Old Port or Huntingdon Cream. It is white, homogeneous black (N2-N2.5) or grayish to white. There is no change in color to a piece heated for 3 hours at 450 degrees. It has numerous inclusions (see Lavin 1983:167). It has a medium to fine grained texture. All specimens contain "sparkly" particles, clastic quartz grains.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Series- Lower Devonian, Group- Helderberg, Form- Old Port, Member- New Scotland Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Berkley, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, and Oendelton counties, WV; western Maryland (Ibid); roadside quarry on State Route 28 in North Fork Valley near Pendleton, Grant County Line; Rt. 209 & River Road, Middle Smithfield, PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Gainesborough, Frederick County, Virginia, 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: A599750-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone