End Blade Fragment

69-16-101

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-101
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area Top floor of IP House, N4:W4.5
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock (chert or volcanic origin). Broken in one place. Flaked on both surfaces. One side is slightly convex. Probably asymmetrical, only one end remains. Proximal and distal edges appear to be straight. Broken perpendicularly to longitudinal axis, so probably less than one half of artifact remains. Distal and proximal edges are retouched.

Length 0.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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