Burin Spall

56-28-2492

From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2492
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Type III (Giddings, 1964: 220). Imperfect products of burin blow. Made of black chert (2), grey chert (3), and silicified slate (1). Some of these amy be Type II.

Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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