Deer Lick Creek Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Janet Brashler
label: Collector
content: Mary Jeakle
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1654 (Deer Lick Creek Chert): Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material and outer surface.
label: Notes
content: L-1654 (Deer Lick Creek Chert): One of the two Deer Lick Creek samples is a pebble/cobble fragment indicated by the outer rind.
label: Notes
content: Deer Click Creek Chert is also known as Deer Creek. It is light gray (2.5Y N7/0) to gray (2.5YR N6/0) to dark gray (2.5YR N4/0, 2.5Y N4/0) to very dark gray (2.5YR N3/3) or light bluish gray to darker blue hues or mottling of light gray (5YR 7/1) or white (10YR 8/1, 8/2) in color. When weathered the cortex becomes reddish brown. May have inclusions of quartz crystal. It has a smooth river washing cortex, medium to fine grain texture. Deposits include glacial nodules.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Mouth of Deerlick Creek at Lake Michigan, south of South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan; also in Allegan and Berrien counties.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Middle and Late Woodland
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Michigan, 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: A598588-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone