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69-16-366

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-366
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N9.2, W9 - floor
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Flint
Description

Black flint. One edge arcuate. Other arcuate with bulge at midsection. Base straight. Flakes driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang edges slightly arcuate. Tang-tip junction formed by intersection of arcs of tang and tip on one edge; and by the proximal end of the bulge on the other edge. Flake scars not parallel to one another but most are at right angles to the edge. Flake scars are deep.

Length 5.6 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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