Silicified Palm Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Bill Holbert
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1542 (Silicified Palm Wood): Provenience includes fossilized wood. Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1542 (Silicified Palm Wood): Palm Wood fiber replaced by silica. Logs of silicified Palm Wood are recovered by probing in the sand east of Toledo Bend Reservoir which separates Texas from Louisiana. Palm wood is a favorite of rockhounds as it polishes nicely. An easy material to flinknap. Have not heard or read of prehistoric use.
label: Notes
content: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Vernon Parish, Louisiana, 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: A598496-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone