Burin
56-28-1998
From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 56-28-1998 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Denbigh Flint Complex |
| Provenience | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | IYPL |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Single facet angle burin on a blade. While some of burins 1991 thru 1997 could be called blades, this specimen is especially narrow. Giddings does not mention this specimen. The dorsal side had been retouched along both edges. On the ventral side ther is retouch along both edges which stops at the distal end of the burin spall scar so that the proximal portion of the ventral side does not have retouched edge. |
| Length | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Thickness | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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