Coprolite Item Number: 45KT20/236 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Dung sample with adhering silt. Inventory of Dung Samples indicates MT. Sheep. Field Catalog Form description reads "1 piece of constricted reed; sample of ?pigment; one flake of petrified wood" with no mention of dung. T Gaudio, 02/25/2010

Collection Owner

Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Kittitas County Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Coprolite
Identification Number
45KT20/236
Type of Item
coprolite
Material
coprolite
Manufacturing Technique
chipped
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.1 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
Site Number
45-KT-20
Unit
4
Level
1
Object Category
Composite
Object Sub Category
Composite