Port Ewen Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 14 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Stefana Paskoff
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-478 (Port Ewen Chert): Provenience includes float/residuum. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-478 (Port Ewen Chert)
label: Notes
content: Port Ewen is a black chert. When weathered it develops a light gray to tan cortex. No inclusions observed. It has a very smooth, glossy texture. Deposits occur in stringers up to 3" thick in slabs of collapsed slabs limestone which lie both banks of Esopus Creek and in the water. Chert found on the east side of the creek only.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Devonian, Series- Lower Devonian, Group- Helderberg, Form- Port Ewen
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: East bank of Esopus Creek, immediately north (downstream) from the Mt. Marion Road-Glasco Turnpike highway bridge, Glenarie, Saugerties Township, Ulster County, NY; Near Franklin, Pendleton County, W. VA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Ulster County, New York, 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: A598956-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone