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69-16-801

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-801
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N2.5, W10.5 - house floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Grey, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Approximately symmetrical. Base comes to point but small piece missing from one of edges near base; therefore, might have been blunter. Edges of tang element approximately arcuate. Flake scars not parallel to each other but are perpendicular to edges.

Length 4.4 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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