Polished Celt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Dec 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Donor Name
content: Richard K. Meyer
label: Site Name
content: Craig Mound
notes: label: Notes
content: Style: Elongate Luster: Dull Element: Complete Shape/Form: Rectangular Working Shape: Convex Edge Modification: Ground Manufacturing Notes: Your basic garden variety celt. Poll is irregular at proximal end. Surface modification: Ground Residue: Dark brown patchy residue on medial surfaces (hafting mastic?) There is an actual lump of material, which could be dirt or something else, adhering to this residue. Use Trace: A very deep flake scar off one corner of bit (5cm deep). The edges of this are rounded and ground, suggesting reworking following scarring. Edge is slightly asymmetrical, with the more worn away side being the one w/ the big scar. Comments: Raw material is very interesting. It is a homogeneous material with a soft friable texture. There are also elongate smooth-walled cavities that resemble bubbles in it. If this is volcanic ejecta like A. Segovia suggested back in the 70's when he looked at it, that would be really interesting. Part record 2 of 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Oct 2015
label: Site Number
content: 34LF40
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 272249
label: USNM Number
content: A448676-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Celt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 14.68 cm
label: Width - Object
content: ca. 6.3 cm
label: Thickness - Object
content: ca. 4.36 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: ca. 318 g
label: Proximal Stem Width
content: ca. 4.58 cm