Lithic Type Specimen: ME-4 (Mississippian Elsey, Variety 4)
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: ME-4 (Mississippian Elsey, Variety 4): ME Variety 4. Throughout NW AR. & SW MO. This is a light gray to light blue-gray coarse to medium textured stone. Small to medium sized (2 mm to 2 cm+ ) dark gray to black spots and elongated streaks are in the field. Although this stone is only fair to knap, it was used a lot on upper Spavinaw Creek and elsewhere for dart points and heavy duty choppers. It weathers tripolitic and porous.
label: Notes
content: Elsey (Tentative)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Washington 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: A587137-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone