Side Blade Fragment

56-28-2205

From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2205
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYPB
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Made on microblade. Bifacially retouched by removing a series of parallel flakes at a diagonal to both surfaces. Blade midsection present. Possibly crescentic type.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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