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69-16-520

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-520
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area W3.0, N3.9 - house floor
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Greenish, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture and large inclusions (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, double pointed. Distal edge nearly triangular. Proximal edge slightly concave. Ridge on longitudinal axis. Both surfaces crudely flaked and distal edge has finer retouch than proximal.

Length 3.4 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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