End Blade

69-16-661

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-661
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5.0, W4.6 - floor
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Tan, fine-grained rock with medium-sized inclusions of a light color. Concoidal fracturing. Both edges arcuate. Base straight and at slightly oblique angle to longitudinal axis. Small flake scars driven off it parallel to longitudinal axis. Edges of tang arcuate. Junction of tang and tip formed by intersection of two elements. Small flake scars are confined to margins of blade, and, on one surface only, to entire surface near point. Tip is serrated.

Length 4.3 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Thickness 0.45 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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