End Blade Fragment

69-16-98

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5.6, W6.8 - floor top
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Base straight and slightly oblique to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Flake scars large and shallow - are not parallel to each other. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis - tang element remains.

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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