End Blade Fragment
69-16-768
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-768 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N2.5, W8.75 - floor midden |
| Locus | IP House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
| Description | Tan, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Possibly Type 1d end blade (arcuate with large base). Base straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flake scars driven off one edge perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flake scars not parallel to each other. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis - tang element remains. One edge partially broken. |
| Length | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Thickness | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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