Scraper, Stone Item Number: 45KT20/457 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One chert scraper. 45KI8 457 is written in black ink on the surface of the object. Swanson's team identified this as AR-178, which is listed in book 1 of the site journals. Block card reads: Site No.: 45KI 8 Block no.: 5s1 Date: July 24, 1953 Finder: Harmon Features: None (See Block Card level 1) artifacts: stone knife (AR#177), scraper (AR#178), cordage w/reed (AR#179), cordage (AR#180) Photographs: none Comments: human vertebrae found (hum ver) depth 1.8'
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Kittitas County Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Earl H. Swanson Jr. on January 1, 1953
What
- Name
- Scraper, Stone
- Identification Number
- 45KT20/457
- Type of Item
- stone scraper
- Material
- chert stone
- Overall
- length 3.1 cm, width 2.5 cm, height 0.8 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 6.1 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Earl H. Swanson Jr.
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1953
Other
- Accession Number
- 1966-95
- Classification
- Site Type: Pre-Contact Cave Site
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Harmon, Harvey
- Excavation Date
- 07/23/1953
- Site Number
- 45-KT-20
- Unit
- 5s1
- Level
- 2
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped