Accession No

Z 987 D


Description

Stone knife made from flaked stone. Rectangular knife with straight, parallel blade and a rounded tip; straight stem or tang with flat base; bifacially worked cream stone with some cortex remaining.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; Arkansas; Saline River; Bradley County; Moore's Mill


Period

?Mississippian


Source

Moore, Clarence Bloomfield [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 987 D; 43 [Moore no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

65mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered with printed Moore number in blue: '43'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 987 A-D: 'Three stone celts and a worked stone knife.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
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. p. 83
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Analysis)
Additional catalogue card reads: 'These artefacts evidently are described by C.B. Moore on page 85 [sic - 83] of "Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and Arkansas" as coming from a site near Moore's Landing (also known as the Jack Fogle Place), Bradley County, Arkansas. He notes "Three small celts given away......, flint knife/rounded cutting edge." Now we know where the three small celts ended up! Photo taken. Charles R. McGimsey 23 Jan. 1986"
Event Date 23/1/1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Stone knife made from flaked stone. Rectangular knife with straight, parallel blade and a rounded tip; straight stem or tang with flat base; bifacially worked cream stone with some cortex remaining.
Event Date 7/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring


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