Lithic Type Specimen: OB-1 Ordovician Burgen, Big Fork Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: OB-1: Ordovician Burgen? No description given. See card note: "Big Fork chert is highly variable. Some of it is dark colored. Much is coarse textured and gray with much calcium carbonate with the silica. This variety was seldom used for bifaces".
label: Notes
content: Problematic labeling in Dickson's documentation for this piece. Site should read 3GA-6, not GA-6. Seems likely because of other parts of the documentation. In Lithic Abbreviations document, OBF reads: "OBF: Big Fork (S. Ouachita area)." Because both other places match the "Big Fork" on the place designation, I believe the 3GA-6 site is correct for this sample. OB is listed in NY, which does not match otherwise. Ordovician Burgen is a guess based on the stratigraphic columns provided with Dickson's documentaion. Big Fork Chert is correct.
label: Notes
content: Big Fork. Big Fork chert is highly variable. Some of it is dark colored. Much is coarse textured and gray with much calcium carbonate with the silica. This variety was seldom used for bifaces.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Garland County, Arkansas, 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587196-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone