Alderson Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1994
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-787 (Alderson Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-787 (Alderson Chert)
label: Notes
content: Alderson Chert, also known as Greenbrier, is a beige or gray to black chert. When weathered it becomes tan with light brown sandy cortex. Glossy and brittle texture. Deposits include nodular fragments weathered out of local outcrops up to 3 inches, jointed.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Form- Greenbrier, Member- Alderson
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Mountain top outcrops and littered residuum, north of Route 33 in Pendelton Co., east of Elkins, WV
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Prehistoric quarry pits on southeast facing slope of mountain top off Route 33, east of Elkins, WV. Located in Monongahela National Forest, Pendelton Co., WV. H. Jarvis found a Lamoka-like projectile point by the outcrops, unidentified chert type, given to L. Hunter
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 23
place: label: Place
content: Pendelton County / Monongahela N.F., West 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: A599804-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone