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69-16-209

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-209
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N2.5, W3.1 - House 119 overburden
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Light colored rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Both edges are straight and converge to a point. Steep retouch on both edges, covering the entire dorsal surface of the flake and smaller flake removals at the intersection of the ventral and dorsal surfaces. Broken transversally to the longitudinal axis of the flake so that probably less than one-half of artifact remains.

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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