Williamson Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jan 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Joe McAvoy
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-772 (Williamson Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-772 (Williamson Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained by Williamson Chert Type Sheet): Williamson Chert is also known as Little Cattail Creek, Dinwiddie Chert, Cattail Creek Chalcedony, Williamson Chalcedony, and Williamson material. It is a chert or silicified gneiss. It is a variegated chalcedony with cream, blue, & brown dominating colors. It can also be black, red, orange, or yellow. Heat-treating not practiced at Williamson site - experiments did not improve knappability. Pocket inclusions of minute quartz crystals.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained by Williamson Chert Type Sheet): n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained by Williamson Chert Type Sheet): Both sides of Little Cattail Creek, Williamson Site, Dinwiddie County, VA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained by Williamson Chert Type Sheet): Williamson site, Dinwiddie Co., VA
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 47
place: label: Place
content: Dinwiddie 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: A599740-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone