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69-16-695

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-695
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N8.4, W7.7 - wall
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Greenish-brown, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Edges straight and slightly convergent towards point. Base straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Flake scars not parallel to each other. Both surfaces ground. Edges, except other, serrated. Broken obliquely to longitudinal axis. (Tip missing).

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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