Mettawee Argillite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 21 May 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Roger Ashton
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-418 (Mettawee Argillite): Provenience includes a prehistoric quarry. Collection includes outer surface and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-418 (Metawee Argillite)
label: Notes
content: Mettawee Argillite is a light gray with darker gray mottling argillite. When weathered it becomes dark gray with earthy coloring and iron staining. It has a medium to coarse texture. Deposits include tabular layers in road cut.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian, Series- Lower Cambrian, Group- Cassayuna, Form- West Castleton, Member- Mettawee
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Flately Brook, Salem Township, Washington County, NY.
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content: Archaeology remarks: Lauder Site: "Visited the Lauder Site with Roger Ashton and Stefana Paskoff, 5/91. Later determined the reported material was not Normanskill chert, but Mettawee argillite as reported (Ashton 1990). Large boulders of Mettawee in the fence now perpandicular to the macadam road which also exposed the argillite." JDH
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Salem Township, Washington 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: A598982-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone