Chipped Stone Tool Item Number: 45SN100/53 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Cobble of light gray volcanic material, with unifacial flaking on little more than one-half of circumference. Pencil marks are on the specimen, and include a line going done the length of one face with an "X" in the center and labeled "T", an "X" labeled "5" on one flake scar, and a line with the label "4" on the unflaked face.

Notes

Information in the "other name" field was taken from the original catalog, dimension details were taken from the artifact card.

Collection Owner

Owned by Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Astrida R. Blukis Onat

Geographical Search Terms

North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Snohomish County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

What

Name
Chipped Stone Tool
Identification Number
45SN100/53
Type of Item
chipped stone tool
Material
stone
Manufacturing Technique
chipped
Overall
length 6.8 cm, width 6.2 cm, height 2.4 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 126.8 g

Who

Field Collector
Washington Archaeological Society

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Accession Number
2006-119
Classification
Site Type: Pre Contact Wet Site
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-SN-100
Unit
11R1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped