Side Blade Fragment

69-16-211

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-211
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N3, W4 - directly under sod line
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Proximal edge appears more arcuate than distal edge; distal edge has finer retouch. Both surfaces flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Less than half remains.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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