Side Blade
69-16-500
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-500 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N6.25, W9.4 - floor midden |
| Locus | IP House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | Grey, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double-pointed. Distal edge triangular in shape. Proximal edge straight. Ridge on longitudinal axis. Both surfaces flaked. Both edges have equally fine retouch. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis so that one tip missing. |
| Length | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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