Newman (AKA Haney) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Tony Deregnaucourt
label: Collector
content: Robert Nale
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1552 (Newman Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1552 (Newman Chert):
label: Notes
content: Newman Chert, also known as Haney, is a medium gray (N5) or glossy white chert. When weathered it becomes light tan with a coarse cortex. Inclusions of echinoderm plates, brachiopod valve framnets, and bryozoan colonies. It has an oolithic texture accentuated by its translucency. Oolites are spheroidal nuclei of sand gran size. Deposits include nodular and bedded.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Series- Upper Mississippian, Group- Chester, Form- Golconda, Member- Haney Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Red River drainage and Powell Co., KY; Pulaski Co., KY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Artifacts of Haney chert recovered in Abner Shelter, 15PO-110, southeastern Powell Co., KY; Kirk Corner Notched, MacCorkle, LeCroy, Stanly Stemmed, Brewerton, Bottleneck-like, unifaced (scraper) 46LG20, Logan Co., WV
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky, 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: A598472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone