Side Blade Fragment

56-28-2193

From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2193
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus E
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Consists of tip and portion of blade midsection.Made on grey chert or chalcedony microblade. Bifacially retouched. One or both surfaces have been retouched by removing a series of parallel flakes diagonally across the surface.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 0.4 cm
Thickness 0.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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