Washademoak Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: David Blake
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1541 (Washademoak Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1541 (Washademoak Chert): Colors range from light blue-grey-brownish red. All are Chalcedony-like translucent.
label: Notes
content: Washademoak Chert is also known as Washademoak Lake. It is black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 3/1), translucent gray (N3-N5), pale brown (10YR 6/3), olive-brown (2.5Y 4/3), opaque red (10YR 4/6), translucent red shades: red (10YR 4/4), dusky red (10YR 3/2), dark reddish-brown (2.5YR 3/3), and variegations. When weathered, surfaces and fractures bleach progressively white. No fossils observed. It has a fine grained, homogenous, translucent, and waxy to dulll texture. Deposits include lenses, nodules, pebbles, and cobbles.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Group- Cumberland
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Washademoak Lake, between Belyea's and Tuft's Cove, Queens County, New Brunswick
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Used most intensively during the Early and Middle Woodlands; Chan site 177.2, Maine
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
place: label: Place
content: Washademoak Lake, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada, 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: A598766-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone