Core Item Number: 45DO4/2004-63/2 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Core is made of basalt, is elliptical in shape, and is flaked. Original bag stated: "a plain old convex scraper or chopper," "one of the better examples," "Cordis Junction," "surface," "Eastern Washington," and "8/2/61." (S. Iles, 4/20/2004) Robert Greengo identified that "Cordiss Junction is (was) probably a point on the Burlington Northern railroad that runs from Wenatchee to the east, very near Crescent Bar and Trinidad," WA. (S. Iles 5/18/04)
Geographical Search Terms
Douglas County Eastern Washington Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Credit Line
Gift of Jared FitzGerald and his mother, Margaret Tomkins FitzGerald (NOTE: For Watmough maul base, credit line is: Gift of Jared FitzGerald.)
Item History
- Collected by Jared FitzGerald on August 2, 1961
What
- Name
- Core
- Identification Number
- 45DO4/2004-63/2
- Type of Item
- core
- Material
- basalt stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked
- Overall
- length 14.5 cm, width 9.2 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 607.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Jared FitzGerald
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on August 2, 1961
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Site Number
- 45-DO-4
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped