End Blade Fragment

69-16-634

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-634
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N6.7, W3.0 - floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Base straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Flake scars not parallel to one another. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis so that tang element remains.

Length 1 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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