Burin Spall
56-28-2341
From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 56-28-2341 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Denbigh Flint Complex |
| Provenience | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | IY?1 Hf4 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | On grey chert. Lacks previous retouch, is 4-sided, bears on opposite surfaces of the proximal end a negative and a positive bulb of percussion, and belongs in Giddings' second class of spalls. "4-sided spalls correctly struck after the first." |
| Length | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 0.4 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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