Chipped Stone Tool Item Number: 5684 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Chipped spear heads; leaf-shaped with convex base. Numbers of specimens in upper left hand corner -9 (8)- were entered by Frank Barnett, who checked the material in 1939, working as a volunteer. Original ledger number was 11.* Previous count of 9 on the computer, but only three in colelction. The three chipped stone tools are all chert, and probably from the Columbia River Gorge (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

Geographical Search Terms

Pacific Northwest Plateau Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Chipped Stone Tool
Identification Number
5684
Type of Item
chipped stone tool
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
bifacially flaked
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Dr. R.E. Stewart

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on November 8, 1905

Other

Accession Number
40
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
3
Excavated By
Stewart, Dr. R.E.
Status
Parts Gone
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped