Flake Item Number: 2004-63/58 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Flake is made from chalcedony and is unifacially flaked. Plastic tube stated: "Cordus Junction," "Trinidad Wash," 1961," "Eastern Wash," and "Crescent Bar." (S. Iles 5/5/2004) 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.)
What
- Name
- Flake
- Identification Number
- 2004-63/58
- Type of Item
- flake
- Material
- chalcedony stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked and unifacial
- Overall
- length 3.8 cm, width 1.9 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 3.4 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped