End Blade Fragment

69-16-596

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-596
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5.95, W9.0 - floor midden
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Tan, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture. (Chert or volcanic origin). Possible Type 1c (lanceolate) end blade. Flake scars not parallel to one another. Artifact broken at oblique angle to longitudinal axis so that tip element remains.

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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