Groundstone Tool Item Number: 45GR79/2004-63/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Groundstone tool is made out of steatite and is a fragment. Original bag stated: "Columbia River," "Cordus Junction," "surface site," "along river," and "6/21/61." (S. Iles, 4/27/2004) 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
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 June 21, 1961
What
- Name
- Groundstone Tool
- Identification Number
- 45GR79/2004-63/1
- Type of Item
- groundstone tool
- Material
- steatite stone
- Overall
- length 2.3 cm, width 1.5 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 1.4 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Jared FitzGerald
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on June 21, 1961
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Site Number
- 45-GR-79
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Ground