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Broken tube of bone. Locality: Columbia River near Ellsworth.* Bird bone with no cultural modification. Both ends broken. *Information comes from original accession ledger.
Sharpened on both ends, very small.
Thin flake with two sides retouched.
Black obsidian side-notched point with a flat base that is broken on one side. M. Christopher 10/16/1998. Dr. Dennis Jenkins, University of Oregon, sent this specimen to Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory, Corvalis, OR for analysis (on loan 11/30/98 - 4/9/99). A portion of this specimen was removed for obsidian hydration. The source of raw material was determined to be East Medicine Lake. Northwest Research Obsidian Lab placed a paper tag in the specimen bag with the following information: [Lab Contract #] BO-98-91 [Catalog #1989-57/35-M-] 68 [Collection Name] Bergen [Analysis] Specimen No: 31 [Source Location] East Medicine Lake See also the following report from Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Lab for more detailed analytical data: Skinner, Craig E. and Jennifer J. Thatcher 1998 "X-ray Fluoresence Analysis of Artifact Obsidian from the Bergen Site, Fort Rock Lake Basin, Lake County, Oregon." Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory, Report 98-91, Corvalis OR. Dr. Jenkins' interpretation of the data was reported at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, 4/8/99 - 4/10/99 in his paper entitled, "Obsidian Characterization and Hydration Results of the Fort Rock Basin Prehistory Project." D. Bradley 04/12/99.
A red, chert, corner-notched. T. Curtis-Flaherty, 1/27/98
One side is convex and smooth, battering is most pronounced here. Remaining cobble is fractured and irregular in form.
Tan.
Tan/White.