Fire Modified Rock Item Number: W1/17/3309 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Igneous cobble is roughly triangular in cross-section. Object consists of two glued pieces, fracture scar on end of one of pieces suggests that part of object is missing. Two flake scars adjacent to open fracture surface; smaller fracture scars on opposite, rounded end. Compact, rounded area along object edge, near glued fracture is slightly depressed and smooth (ground). Portions of surface near rounded end are blackened.

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Fire Modified Rock
Identification Number
W1/17/3309
Type of Item
fire modified rock
Manufacturing Technique
fractured, blackened, ground and flaked
Overall
length 15.0 cm, width 8.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 1085.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Warren Caldwell

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1953

Other

Accession Number
1966-86
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-KL-26
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Modified