End Blade Fragment

69-16-779

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-779
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N3.2, W13.1 - floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Obsidian
Description

Base straight and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang element contracts toward base and bulges outward towards tip element. Flake scars not parallel to each other. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis so that tang element remains.

Length 1.5 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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