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Micro-tool

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Object Number:64-12-10
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
Length: 2.2 cm
Width: 1.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of John Witthoft, 1964

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.

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