End Blade Fragment

69-16-397

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-397
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N7, W3 - overburden on pit outline
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Tan, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture. Edges straight and perpendicular to base. Base straight and appears perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Small ear at junction of base and one of edges. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang edges straight. Tang-tip junction unknown. One surface retains original flake surface, with marginal retouch. Other surface both flaked and ground. Striations diagonal to longitudinal axis. Grinding extends from near base to broken end of piece. Artifact broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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