End Blade

69-16-400

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-400
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5.75, W6.5 - overburden
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Shale (uncertain)
Description

Grey rock (shale?) with concoidal fracture. Approx. pentagonal. Straight base with one end notched by single flake removal and small flakes removed parallel to longitudinal axis. Both tang edges straight. Bulge at both ends at tang-tip junction. Flake scars not parallel. One surface has many flake removals. Plano-convex cross-section.

Length 3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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