Chuska Chert, Carnelian, Chalcedony, etc.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Bob Patten
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1633 (Chuska Chert, Carnelian, Chalcedony, etc.): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1633 (Chuska Chert, Carnelian, Chalcedony, etc.):
label: Notes
content: Chuska Chert, also known as Chuska Mountains, Nagona Pass, Paleo Pink, or Washington Pass, is a pink, brownish pink, or milky white chert. When weathered it becomes milky like Knife River Flint, becomes light brown, and developes oxidation staining. It has an exceptionally fine grained texture.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Chuska Mountains, New Mexico & Arizona; New Mexico
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Squaw Mountain points, 5,000 to 3,000 B.P., made from Paleo Pink chert; also used by Folsom people
label: Notes
content: Re the terminology "Squaw Mountain points" - Charles Meyer named this point Squaw Mountain for examples from Ventana Cave. He named these points in Indian Artifacts Magazine Vol. 13-3 (a collector's magazine) and name was never accepted by professional archaeologists. This type was re-named Ventana Side Notch by Noel Justice in 2002 and that has become the accepted name for this type. Some collector sources argue that this type differs from the Ventana Side Notch in that the basal has a deeper concave than the Ventana Side Notch, but no statistical analysis of the two types have been conducted to substantiate this claim. See https://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Squaw_Mountain.html, retrieved 2-8-2022 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Chuska Mountains, Arizona / New Mexico, 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: A598015-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone