Point, Chipped Stone

Item number 5679 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Chipped leaf-shaped points (straight base). Ledger Remarks: Numbers of specimens in upper left hand corner -17- of ledger were entered by Frank Barnett who checked the material in 1939 working as a volunteer. Original ledger number was 17. 2 traded to CMNH.* 10 chert (2 side-notched, 8 stemmed), 1 petrified wood, 1 basalt (side-notched), and 2 unidentified (square shouldered) points. Previous count on computer was 17, but only 14 are left in archaeology (6/95). 10/14/97: MaryAnn Emery (UW archaeology graduate student) found a stemmed chert point with 5679 written on the object in Anthropology Dept., Denny Hall Rm. 111. She returned it to the Burke Museum, and the artifact has been placed with the other artifacts bearing this catalog number. LSP, 10/14/97 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

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

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

Item History

What

Name
Point, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
5679
Type of Item
chipped stone point
Material
chert stone and basalt 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

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Dr. R.E. Stewart

When

Collection Date
on November 8, 1905

Other

Accession Number
40
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
14
Excavated By
Stewart, Dr. R. E.
Status
Parts Gone
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped

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