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69-16-381

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-381
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N9.6, W6.5 - frost crack in house fill
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture. Edges straight near base - curve inward toward point. Base: straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base perpendicular to longitudinal axis. One large flake driven off each surface from the base - these are parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang: edges are straight and perpendicular to base. Tang-tip junction formed by intersection of edges of tang and tip elements. Flake scars not parallel to one another.

Length 2.05 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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