Cattail Creek Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Nov 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Gordon Blakenship
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1242 (Cattail Creek Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1242 (Cattail Creek Chert)
label: Notes
content: Cattail Creek Chalcedony, also known as Williamson, is a cream, blue, or brown chert. It can also be black red, orange, or yellow. Heat-treated specimens were not found at Williamson site. Experiments with heat-treatment did not improve knappability. It has pockets of minute quartz crystals.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Both sides of Little Cattail Creek, Williamson Site, Dinwiddie County, VA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Williamson Paleoindian Site
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Dinwiddle County, Virginia, 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: A599742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone