Bolster's Store Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jan 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Joe McAvoy
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-771 (Bolster's Store Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Now a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-771 (Bolster's Store Chert)
label: Notes
content: Bolster's Store Chert is a variegated frequently red, brown, cream, yellow, and blue gray. It can also be a variegated whitish green through blue-green to apple green. It has pyrite inclusions. It has a coarse to grainy texture. When heat-treated some become waxy and almost glassy. Deposits include rounded and blocky masses and plates.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Head of Harwood Creek, Bolster's Store, Dinwiddie Co., VA; several miles north of the Nottaway River within the Fall Zone.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleo-Indian and Early, Middle, and Late Archaic periods
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 18
place: label: Place
content: Dinwiddie County, Virginia, 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: A599738-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone