Fire Modified Rock Item Number: W1/16/5051 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Rounded, fine grained ingneous cobble that is broken to form angular edges. Has appearance of a core, but it has hairline fissures running through it and red discoloration or staining, indicating that the fractures resulted from thermal shock.

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
W1/16/5051
Type of Item
fire modified rock
Manufacturing Technique
fractured and thermally altered
Overall
length 10.0 cm, width 9.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 1177.0 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