Side Blade Fragment

69-16-745

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-745
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N8.12, W9.6 - wall
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Proximal edge straight; distal edge arcuate. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has finer retouch than proximal edge. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Less than half remains.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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