Mounds Gravel Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Oct 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Robert Nale
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1537 (Mounds Gravel Chert): Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1537 (Mounds Gravel Chert)
label: Notes
content: Mounds Gravel Chert, also known as Grover, Bluff, Citronell, Citronelle, Drift, Lagrange Mounds, Orange Sand, Upland and Lafayette, is a chert gravel. It can be various colors but becomes brown when weathered. Deposits include glacial drifts.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: North bank of the Ohio River, Fort Massac State Park, Massac County, Illinois
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleoindian - Woodland
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois, 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: A598261-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone