End Blade Base
69-16-498
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-498 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N7.7, W8.8 - floor midden |
| Locus | IP House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
| Description | Brown, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Possibly Type 2 end blade (straight haft element). Base straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Artifact broken obliquely to longitudinal axis so that tang element remains. |
| Length | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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