Projectile Point

53-54-249

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-249
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound D, lower level, depth 23", Shell midden layer
Period Old Town I
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Gray slate fragment. Facetted point. Both ends broken. Ground with diagonal scratches on main surfaces, longitudinal scratches on sides. Sharp rear edges, forwrad edges ground flat. Nothces on both edges behind point. Awl?

Height 0.4 cm
Length 4.8 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 916 - Field No SF

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