Chopper Item Number: 45GR73/2004-63/25 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Chopper is made out of chert, is elliptical shaped, and is bifacially flaked. Original bag stated: "found on surface of beach(sandy soil and quite moist), (five feet to seven feet from bank)," "reddish in color," "cobble chopper," "J.M.F.," and "7/6/61." (S. Iles, 4/20/2004)
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Grant County 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 July 6, 1961
What
- Name
- Chopper
- Identification Number
- 45GR73/2004-63/25
- Type of Item
- chopper
- Material
- chert stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked and bifacially flaked
- Overall
- length 9.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 311.7 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Jared FitzGerald
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on July 6, 1961
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Site Number
- 45-GR-73
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped