Sraper-Plane (Unifacial)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Mar 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Charlotte Stein
label: Collector
content: Mr. Sidney Stein
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Sidney Stein
label: Site Name
content: Mint Spring Site 8
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS SPECIMEN APPEARS TO BE A MEDIUM SIZED UNIFACIALLY FLAKED SCRAPER-PLANE. THESE SPECIALIZED TOOLS WERE MADE FROM LARGE FLAKES BY USING THE VENTRAL SURFACE AS A STRIKING PLATFORM & REMOVING FLAKES AROUND THE ENTIRE PLATFORM. THE EDGE ANGLE ON THESE TOOLS VARY FROM 45 TO 95 DEGREES. THIS ONE FALLS WITHIN THAT RANGE. ARCHAIC TO LATE ARCHAIC.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Madison County, Alabama, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Archaic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358144
label: USNM Number
content: A527154-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm