Burin
69-16-751
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 69-16-751 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Archaeology Area | Floor midden, N6.05:W12.30 |
Locus | IP House |
Section | American |
Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
Description | Brown, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Artifact also been described as unifacial scraper of Type 1. Burin-like facet obliquely truncates one of ends. Width varies from 3.0mm at end to 5.7mm as it approached mid-section. Length of fact is 13.6mm. Meets other edge at angle of approximately 59 degrees. Burin-like facet shows wear at junction with both ventral and dorsal surfaces of flake. |
Length | 5.3 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Thickness | 0.8 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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