End Blade Fragment

69-16-128

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-128
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area In top sod of IP House, N8.5:W14.0
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Obsidian
Description

Tip of end blade. Flaked on both surfaces. Edges are retouched. Both edges are convex and come to point at top. Flake scars on one surface are parallel to one another and diagonal to edges. Scars from each edge meet on longitudinal axis and form a ridge. Artifact is broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis.

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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