Blade

68-22-202

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-202
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 6.5, E 3 - gravel level under thin, greasy black-brown
Section American
Materials Stone
Technique Chipped
Description

Fine-grained rock. Quadrilateral shape with two opposite edges snapped (the artifact appears to be the midsection of a blade). Biconvex cross-section. Flaked on both surfaces. Some retouch on the two intact edges.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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