Newhawka Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 3 Oct 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dick Eckles
label: Collector
content: Dan Long
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1486 (Newhawka Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1486 (Newhawka Chert):
label: Notes
content: Nehawka Chert, also known as Nehawka Flint, is a dark brown to black, light brown or tan chert. When weathered it becomes brown, It may have fusulinid inclusions. It has a fine to very fine, glossy surface texture. Deposits include limestone matrix.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Series- Upper Pennsylvanian, Stage- Virgilian, Group- Shawnee, Form- uncertain, Member- uncertain
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Pottawattamie Co., Iowa; Big Blue River Valley, Manhattan, KS.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Thin knives, Baldwin County, KS
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nebraska, 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: A598741-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone