Bone from Level Bag

Item number 1995-79/2 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

5+ Bag contains a rib of a large mammal (cow or elk), splinterd and broken. Written on original paper bag (in pencil): "Misc. Bone; Keith Thompson; 7/13/51; Site 9; 4" down in sand and shell towards N." Keith Thompson describes this site in his report entitled, "The Shell Middens of the San Juan Islands: A Geographical Survey" (1951). A copy of this report can be found in Burke Archaeology Archives. LSP, 10/28/95

Geographical Search Terms

Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Credit Line

Found in Collection - Archaeology Section. Collected by Keith Thompson (University of Washington) from San Juan Island and Orcas Island, WA in summer of 1951.

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Name
Bone from Level Bag
Identification Number
1995-79/2
Type of Item
bone from level bag
Material
bone
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 75.6 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Accession Number
1995-79
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
5
Site Number
45-SJ-9
Object Category
Bone/Antler/Ivory
Object Sub Category
Level Bag, Bone

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