Chopper Item Number: W1/19/3507 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Porous rock (cobble chopper) grey rock with lots of black stains, probably from thermal heating of rock. Large flakes removed from one side, one flake removed from opposite side.

Geographical Search Terms

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

Item History

What

Name
Chopper
Identification Number
W1/19/3507
Type of Item
chopper
Manufacturing Technique
flaked and bifacially flaked
Overall
length 10.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 553.0 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
0
Site Number
45-KL-26
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped