Ocala & Tampa Bay Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: John D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-88 (Ocala & Tampa Bay Chert): Unknown collection procedure; Not from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, heat-treated specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-88 (Ocala & Tampa Bay Chert): Three specimens were knapped: D.C.7 (twice), D.C.6, & D.C.12
label: Notes
content: Ocala Chert, also known as Johnson Lake chert, is a light beige, light blue, light bluish tan, gray, caramel colored, fine grained chert. The grayish white colored variety is very fossiliferous. It becomes pink, light pink, caramel, and very glossy when heat treated; and a chalky white when weathered; Tampa Bay, also known as Tampa Bay Coral, is a blue-gray, silicified coral, agatized, chert. It has a limestone matrix, and a very glossy texture; when heat-treated it is rose to light tan in color, and becomes light gray when weathered.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Ocala Chert) Geology: Epoch-Eocene, Group-Jackson/Ocala, Form-Ocala Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Ocala Chert): Johnson Lake, Marion County, Florida; (Tampa Bay Chert): Davis Island, Bahia Beach area, Tampa, Florida.
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content: Archaeology remarks: (Ocala Chert): Prehistoric quarry/workshop located on the west side of Johnson's Lake. Profusely scattered flakes. Much of the debitage is thermally altered. Did not find as much as a tool fragment; Paleoindian and pre-Ceramic Archaic artifacts recovered at the site.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Marion / Hillsborough County, Florida, 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: A598178-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone