Side Blade Fragment

56-28-2213

From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2213
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYP
Section American
Materials Obsidian
Description

On obsidian microblade. Tip and portion of blade midsection, possibly long triangular type side blade. Bifacially retouched by removing series of parallel flakes at a diagonal to surfaces.

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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