End Blade Fragment

69-16-123

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-123
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area Middle floor, N3.0:W3.8
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Bifacially flaked. Retouched on both edges. Edges are both convex and meet in point at tip. Possibly notches on base of both edges. Artifact is broken perpendicularly to longitudinal axis.

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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