Side Blade Fragment
69-16-427
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-427 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N6, W2.2 - red overburden |
| Locus | House 120 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Volcanic Stone |
| Description | Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture and minute sparkling inclusions (volcanic origin?). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Proximal edge more arcuate than distal edge, but distal edge has finer retouch. Both surfaces flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis; only one end remains. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 4.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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