Point, Chipped Stone

Item number 1965-30/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Dark grey lanceolate chert point broken near base. Two pieces glued together. This point was on loan to John L. Fagan from 2/3/2005 to 3/18/2005 in order to prepare a paper for presentation at the 58th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference in Spokane, WA. Fagan analyzed the point to determine manufacture, raw material type, and technological attributes. He concluded that the artifact appears to be the point of a thrusting spear, which broke on impact with an animal. He speculates that the wounded animal subsequently wandered into the deep recesses of a lava tube cave in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, where the point was found. This analysis is described in Fagan's report entitled, "Technological Analysis of a Point from Spearpoint Cave, a Lava Tube on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Skamania County, Washington." A copy of this March 2005 report can be found in the object's accession file.

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Lower Columbia North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Skamania County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

What

Name
Point, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
1965-30/1
Type of Item
chipped stone point
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked, bifacially flaked and lanceolate
Overall
length 11.0 cm, width 2.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 13.2 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Luurt Niewhuis

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Accession Number
1965-30
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
2
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped

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