Suwannee Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: John D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-97 (Suwannee Chert): Unknown collection procedure; Not from an archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-97 (Suwannee Chert)
label: Notes
content: Suwannee Chert, also known as Aucilla, Sols or Wacissa Chert, is a light blue, light pinkish, light bluish gray, or light gray chert. It is fine to very fine in texture. It becomes pink, red, orange, yellow, brown, or varied when weathered. Deposits include large chunks weathering out of the ground and some erosion from the limestone matrix. SEE ALSO: AUCILLA, WACISSA
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Oligocene, Group-Vicksburg, Form- Suwannee
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Wacissa, Aucilla, and Suwannee Rover area of northern Florida
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Lithic workshop, west side of the Wacissa river, immediately north of Rte. 95, Jefferson Co., FL; Boulders of Suwanee chert protruded from the ground and showed evidence of being prehistorically used as anvils. Much of the debitage thermally altered.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Jefferson / Hardee County, Florida, 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: A598172-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone