Bedford County Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Gary Fogelman
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-633 (Bedford County Chert): Artifacts M49; Collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, archaeological specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-633 (Bedford County Chert)
label: Notes
content: Bedford County Chert is also known as Axeman, Bedford, Bellefonte, Belleville Chalcedony, Coeymans, Corriganville, Keyser, Mines, New Creek, New Scotland, Nittany, Shriver, or Tonoloway. It is greenish/black or greenish/brown with streaks of brown or yellowish tint.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Bedford County, PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Shown an assemblage of artifacts from a Bedford Village, PA, excavation at the Penn State Anthropology Museum by Deborah Catton, 7/30/92. Chert of five color types: opaque black that look like Vanport from Clarion Co., PA; a light blue-gray like the same color as the unknown variety Ken Burkett showed; a very glossy translucent black; a medium gray, opaque chert; and a light gray with black streaking, translucent type.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 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: A599360-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone