Lithic Type Specimen: AN-6A (Arkansas Novaculite, Variety 6A)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: AN-6A (Arkansas Novaculite, Variety 6A): This is a light to medium tan, fine to medium textured novaculite. Often the variety is honey-colored and translucent. Subvariety 6-A has small to noticeable purple spots sparsely scattered across the field, while 6-B has dark purple or gray-black healed fracture lines in the sample. I have found this variety at the De Soto Park quarries in particular, but it has been noted at locations east of Hot Springs too (at 3GA-4).
label: Notes
content: Arkansas novaculite is of two classes: 1. Soft (or Washita), which is of early Mississippian age, and 2. Hard, which is of upper Devonian origin. Most of the novaculite varieties flaked by prehistoric knappers comes from the "lower" formation, of "upper," "middle," and "lower." Some consider these members of an Arkansas Novaculite -formation. There is great variation in the knappable novaculites, and the following varieties, while common, are not the only possible varieties. They are widespread throughout the Ouachita mountains.
label: Notes
content: Novaculite
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Garland County, Arkansas, 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587116-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone