Lithic Type Specimen: MRS-23 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 23)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: MRS-23 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 23): MRS Variety 23. Found in Newton Co. AR. at 3NW-3. A medium to fine textured pinkish tan to cream colored chert. Medium dark bluish lines, representing healed fractures, cross some specimens. Other specimens are badly fractured but not healed. Rusty colored small spots and streaks are observed on some examples. Patches of light gray limestone are noted in some samples, and rarely one can note a faint patch of light blue in the center of a fragment. This suggests that the stone may once have been blue, but weathering has produced the light color. Solid pieces of the chert work well.
label: Notes
content: Reeds Spring
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Newton County, Arkansas, 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587187-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone