Borer
69-16-522
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-522 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N4, W4 - house floor |
| Locus | House 120 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
| Description | Brown, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Boring element is round in cross-sectionm with flake scars almost entirely removed. Small striations on boring element perpendicular to longitudinal axis, indicating probably rotational use. Tip is rounded, shank is flaked and partially ground on both surfaces and is thinner than boring element. |
| Length | 2.8 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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