Chipped Stone Tool Item Number: 5711 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Peculiarly shaped chipped forms. Remarks: Number of specimens in upper left corner was recorded by Frank Barnett who checked the material in 1939 while working at the museum as a volunteer.* Previous count shows 102 objects, of which 62 could be located. These are from Goldendale, and consist of: Obsidian objects: 5 obsidian cresents, one single barbed obsidian knife, one obsidian point with teeth on sides, one obsidian side notched point with a split stem, one obsidian side notched (concave based) point and an obsidian drill. Chert objects: 34 single barbed chert chipped stone tools, 8 couble barbed on one side chipped stone (knives?), 1 corner and medial notched chert point, 1 notched twic on each side chert point, two corner notched and split stemmed chert points, one lanceolate chert point, one chippoed stone chert tool, on side-notched chert point, two stemmed chert points. There is one basalt piece, which is a single-barbed chipped stone tool. From Goldendale. (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
- Collected by Dr. R.E. Stewart on November 8, 1905
What
- Name
- Chipped Stone Tool
- Identification Number
- 5711
- Type of Item
- chipped stone tool
- Material
- chert stone, basalt stone and obsidian 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
- 62
- Excavated By
- Stewart, Dr. R. E.
- Status
- Parts Gone
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped