Edgecliff Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-864 (Edgecliff Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes prehistoric quarry. Collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, archaeological specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-864 (Edgecliff Chert)
label: Notes
content: Edgecliff Chert, also known as Onondaga and Leroy, is gray, mottled gray, black, or white with black spots. When heat-treated raw colors become dull. It becomes light gray, brown, or tan when weathered. It has fossiliferous inclusions. It has a fine to glossy texture. Deposits include tabular and nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Series- Middle Devonian, Form- Onondaga, Member- Edgecliff
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: New York & Ontario
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Used primarily during Archaic and Woodland periods; All cultural periods
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 13
place: label: Place
content: Rainham Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, 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: A599242-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone