Bisher Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Aug 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1649 (Bisher Chert): Not a direct collection from archaeological context. Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1649 (Bisher Chert):
label: Notes
content: Bisher Chert, also known as Bisher or Highland, is a light gray, white, mottled tan, brown, yellowish-brown, or grayish brown chert. When weathered it develops a brown patination. It is fossiliferous and has inclusions of echinoderms, trilobites, and brachiopods. It has a coarse to very smooth or fine grained texture. Deposits include nodules in dolomite, bedded, and gravel.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Silurian, Form- Niagara/Bisher-West Union, Member- Bisher/West Union (Adams Co., OH)/Lilley-Bisher (Highland Co., OH)/Springfield (Clark Co., OH)
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Flint nodules is Bisher Dolomite and Lilley Dolomite; Old Southern Ohio Quarries Co., quarry, 1/2 mile west of Peebles on north side of Norfolk and Western Railroad tracks, Meigs Township, Peebles, Adams Co., Ohio; Exposed along a small tributary of Clear Creek, East of Bates School, 3 3/4 miles northeast of Hillsboro in Little Township, Highland Co., OH.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 26
place: label: Place
content: Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, 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: A599092-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone