Ben Thompson, one of the Central States Archaeological Societies and an early publisher of the Who’s Who in Indian Relics series, gifted this relic to me in March 2006 during a visit. He found this as a youth in Gibson County Indiana.
Small at 1-1/8 inches diameter and very thin, a chocolate brown. I took two images without any light trying to capture the true color.
I believe this is made from polished Breathitt chert. Breathitt chert has been referred to as Kentucky Flint Ridge.
Breathitt chert is often a dark chocolate color with some yellowish or tan inclusions. The highest quality of this type can be semi-translucent and has the color of root beer. it is found along the Ohio River from Huntington West Virginia to extreme southeastern Indiana in Dearborn County. It is abundant along the river in Adams, Clermont, Brown and Hamilton County areas of Ohio. Breathitt is also abundant along the lower reaches of the Licking River in Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton and Harrison Counties of Kentucky.
(Prehistoric Chert Types of the Midwest by Tony DeRegnaucourt and Jeff Georgiady)
Small at 1-1/8 inches diameter and very thin, a chocolate brown. I took two images without any light trying to capture the true color.
I believe this is made from polished Breathitt chert. Breathitt chert has been referred to as Kentucky Flint Ridge.
Breathitt chert is often a dark chocolate color with some yellowish or tan inclusions. The highest quality of this type can be semi-translucent and has the color of root beer. it is found along the Ohio River from Huntington West Virginia to extreme southeastern Indiana in Dearborn County. It is abundant along the river in Adams, Clermont, Brown and Hamilton County areas of Ohio. Breathitt is also abundant along the lower reaches of the Licking River in Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton and Harrison Counties of Kentucky.
(Prehistoric Chert Types of the Midwest by Tony DeRegnaucourt and Jeff Georgiady)
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