Side Blade Fragment
69-16-23
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N9, W13 - under sod |
| Locus | IP House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
| Description | Grey (two shades), fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Assymetrical. Distal edge nearly straight; curves inward near end to meet proximal edge (which is straight). Ridge parallel to and closer to distal edge. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has finer retouch than proximal edge. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis. |
| Length | 5 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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