Ocala Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jan 1987
name: label: Collector
content: BMS Samples
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-89 (Ocala Chert): Unknown collection procedure; Not from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens
label: Notes
content: L-89 (Ocala Chert)
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.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch-Eocene, Group-Jackson/Ocala, Form-Ocala Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Johnson Lake, Marion County, Florida.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: 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: 23
place: label: Place
content: Marion 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: A598177-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone