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69-16-260

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-260
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N11, W8.4 - overburden
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Tan, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert?). Ovoid. Base unknown. Tang edges appear straight. Tang-tip junction forms smooth arc on both edges. Flake scars not parallel - flatter on one surface giving plano-convex cross-section. Tang element perpendicular to longitudinal axis - broken.

Length 3.9 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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