Side Blade Fragment

69-16-725

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-725
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area Floor, IP house, N6.0:W2.1
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chalcedony (uncertain)
Description

Grey-brown chalcedony (or chert?). Bifacially flaked. Edges are retouched. Artifact is broken perpendicularly to longitudinal axis. Break is irregular, not straight. Artifact is either tip or base of side blade.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Thickness 0.25 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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