Harrodsburg Chert (AKA Ramps)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Sep 1992
name: label: Collector
content: D. C. Waldorf
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-222 (Harrodsburg Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown colelction procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-222 (Harrodsburg Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Allens Creek Type Sheet) Allens Creek is also known as Allens Creek/Knob, Alum Creek, Harrodsburg, or Ramp Creek. It is light gray to tan to reddish brown, and slightly banded. It becomes more red and more glassy when weathered. It may have inclusions of Crinoids. It has a grainy and sometimes glassy texture. Deposits include Bioherm along Allens Creek, Monroe Co., IN. Lenses up 20mm.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Allens Creek Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Mississippian, Group- Borden, Member- Floyds Knob
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Allens Creek Type Sheet) "Type Site"- Allens Creek, Southeastern Monroe Co., In; Outcrops in Clark Floyd, Harrison, Lawrence, Orange, Washington Counties.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Allens Creek Type Sheet) n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Monroe/Lawrence County, Indiana, 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: A598381-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone