Edwards Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Oct 1994
name: label: Collector
content: Jim Overcash
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-734 (Edwards Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimans.
label: Notes
content: L-734 (Edwards Chert)
label: Notes
content: Edwards Chert is also known as Belton, Cowplop, Edwards Plateau, Fort Hood, Harry's Flint, Heiner Lake, Kyleberg Ugly, Leona, Leona Park, Niggerhead, Owl Creek Black, Salado, or Scarborough. Deposits include lenses, tabular, nodular, alluvium, and residuum.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cretaceous, Series- Lower Cretaceous, Form- Edwards Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Edwards Plateau of central and south-central Texas; Predominately south and southwest of the Brazos and Bosque Rivers, Edwards Plateau and Llano Estacado, Texas
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: All cultural periods
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Austin, Texas, 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: A599631-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone