Indian Rivers Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 23 Aug 2004
name: label: Collector
content: Barry Keegan
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1774 (Indian Rivers Chert): Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, and outer surface.
label: Notes
content: L-1774 (Indian Rivers Chert)
label: Notes
content: Indian River Chert, also known as Mount Hamilton or Normanskill, is a cherty shale, chert, or red and light green chert. When raw it is green and red, brown and red or red and light green in color. When weathered it becomes light gray. The texture is smooth, schisty, greasy, or opaque. Deposits include rare red and light green chert beds, nodular in places or shale beds.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Group- Mount Hamilton/Normanskill, Form- Mount Hamilton/Indian River, Member- Indian River
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Road cut near North Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT; NY; Whitehall Township, Washington County, NY; Greene County, NY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rhinebeck Area, Duchess County, New York, 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: A598837-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone