Kentucky
We have 102 objects listed as from Kentucky. Of these, 8 are likely funerary objects (see below). Other objects include adzes, bone awls, stone axes, bannerstones, stone tools (blades, chisel, drill, eccentrics, projectile points), copper bracelets, an agate button, celts, chunkey stone, steatite cups, stone figurines, stone hoes, a stone lamp, shell necklace, slate pendant, polished bone needle, turtle shell pendant, pestle, pipes (steatite, limestone, quartzite, stone), turtle shell rattle, other groundstone objects, and a bone flint flaking tool.
Objects were collected from the following counties: Barren, Boyle, Bracken, Carroll, Christian, Clark, Cumberland, Fleming, Floyd, Fulton, Garrard, Graves, Green, Hardin, Hart, Hickman, Jackson, Knox, Madison, Mason, McCracken, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Trigg, Union, Warren, and Wayne.
Known Funerary Objects:
Collection ID: 2001.14.51; 2004.46.52; 2007.73.25; 2007.73.34; 2007.79.1; 2007.79.74
Collection Description: We have at least 6 unassociated funerary objects from Wayne County, Kentucky. The objects are all inscribed as having come from a “cliff burial". All the objects originated from the Don Boudeman collection, which was comprised of items Don purchased from throughout the United States
Documents Available: No additional information is available.
Collection ID: 2002.21.52
Collection Description: Tubular steatite pipe attributed to the Mississippian archaeological culture, noted as from a mound in Todd County.
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Collection ID: 2009.90.3
Collection Description: We have one unassociated funerary object listed as originating from a "stone grave" in Trigg County, Kentucky. The object is a ceramic figuring of a woman. This item is also part of the Boudeman collection.
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