Side Blade Fragment

69-16-295

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-295
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area Test pit - floor
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Light colored, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Distal edge less arcuate than proximal edge, but has slightly finer retouch. Both surfaces flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Less than half remains.

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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