Accession No
Z 985 B
Description
Small drill made from flaked stone. Long, tapering point with a flaring ovoid base; bifacially worked brown stone.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Arkansas; Bradley County; Saline River; Wire Fence Landing
Period
Mississippian
Source
Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 985 B; 36 [Moore no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
38mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered with printed Moore number in blue: '36'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Display)
Handwritten display label found with Z 985 B-D: 'Bradley Co'y / Arkansas'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Z 985 B-D had "Mississippi" label by Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 985 A-D: 'Small celt (Z 985 A), stone drill and two stone arrowheads.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Surface find. Likely collected by C.B. Moore in 1912 or 1913. See archive (FR5/1/1) for notes and labels.
Event Date 1912
Author: maa
Context (References)
Moore, C.B. (1913). 'Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas'. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2nd series, vol. 16. cf. p. 91
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Additional catalogue card reads: 'Wire Fence Landing on the Saline river, Bradley County, Arkansas is described by C.B. Moore on page 91 of "Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and Arkansas". No specific reference to these artefacts. Photo taken. Charles R. McGimsey 23 Jan. 1986.'
Event Date 23/1/1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small drill made from flaked stone. Long, tapering point with a flaring ovoid base; bifacially worked brown stone.
Event Date 7/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326562
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