Micro-tool
64-12-16
From: United States of America | Louisiana | Belzoni | Jaketown Site
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 64-12-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Poverty Point Culture |
| Provenience | United States of America | Louisiana | Belzoni | Jaketown Site |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Poverty point culture (see 64-12-1). Representing highly retouched bladelets made into concave-edged, pointed tools; unifacially flaked. Used as side-scrapers in shaping wooden and bone tools. This is the only finished flint tool of the Poverty Point complex. |
| Length | 2.7 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of John Witthoft, 1964 |
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