Payson Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1990 to 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Gary Merlie
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-147 (Payson Chert): Unknown collection procedure; Not a collection from archaeological context; Collection includes raw material, outer surface, naturally-weathered specimens, and some heat-treated specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-147 (Payson Chert): Contains heat-treated and non-heat-treated specimens; Chert type questionable - Burlington? Payson?
label: Notes
content: Payson, also known as Hardin, Adams County Flint, Frederick, Illinois Agates, Sunglow Agates or Brown County, is a type of chert that is cryptocrystalline in texture. It is light brown with streaks, swirls, and dots, ranging from red to orange in color. Sometimes with bands of light gray or pale reddish brown. When weathered, it is light tan to grayish brown with a cortex and dark blue to grayish black without a cortex. SEE ALSO: ILLINOIS AGATES, SUNGLOW AGATES
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch-Mississippian, Form- St. Louis Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Limited to a 1.6 km stretch of a small intermitted stream in southeastern Adams County, Illinois.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleoindian and Early Archaic periods: Clovis, Dalton, Hardin Barbed, St. Charles, Thebes, and Neuberger points.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Barry, Pole County, Illinois, 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: A598278-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone