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68-22-30

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 2 | N 5.5, W 3 - floor
Section American
Materials Stone
Technique Chipped
Description

Looks like projectile point. Light colored, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Distal and proximal edges both straight and convergent. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has finer retouch than proximal. Broken at both ends; probably more than half remains.

Length 4.4 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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