Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 2000-18/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Leaf-shaped stone point, Olcott-style (yellow patina). Found by Theodore Parsons in 1964. Envelope in which artifact was wrapped, notes date of 4-26-[19]66. It is not clear whether this is the date that the artifact was found or the date that the artifact was brought into the museum. Note that the information on the envelope is written in Dr. Robert Greengo's hand. LSP, 8/8/2000. Accession information indicates the point was found in 1964. The source of this information is not known. SWD 8/7/2001
Geographical Search Terms
King County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Theodore H. Parsons, III
Notes
Date notes: 9000 BP - 4000 BP
Item History
- Collected by Theodore H. Parsons on January 1, 1964
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 2000-18/1
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- dacite stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked, bifacially flaked and stemmed
- Overall
- length 9.5 cm, width 3.6 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 42.2 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Theodore H. Parsons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1964
Other
- Accession Number
- 2000-18
- Classification
- Point Type: Olcott Point
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped