Side Blade Fragment

56-28-2196

From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2196
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYPD? IYB
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Tip and portion of blade midsection present. Made on gray chert microblade. Bifacially retouched along edges of both surfaces. One surface retouched by removing a series of parallel flakes diagonally across the surface.

Length 2 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Thickness 0.25 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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