CHARCOAL

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

CHARCOAL

Entry/Object ID

1999.27.1118

Description

Paper bag of two charcoal samples for C-14 dating

Collection

Shippee Archaeological Collection

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

County

Platte County

State/Province

Missouri

Culture/Tribe

Needs to be Identified

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Note on bag reads: Charcoal (wood, grass, fiber) in separated wrappings. These all were associated with the dark Hopewell pot and antler notched roulette tool which Aker dug out of a pit at the north end of this site and within 200 ft of the road. The place is under a flood bome silt. Burned limestone is on the surface especially along the old lake or Platte River meander of ancient times. The pot is dark, has a rochered rim, rounded lip, upper body lobed on 4 sides. Lobes are decorated. The lower section of this double pot is also lobed and the lobes are decorated

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Charcoal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Kindling

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Firemaking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Temperature Control Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Parts

Count: SEVERAL

Material

CHARCOAL

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

23 PL 43

County

Platte County

State/Province

Missouri