Chipped Stone Tool
Item number 45KT20/351 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Description
Triangular-shaped chert chipped stone tool, flared at one end with pitch? on both sides, labeled #351 (obscured). The artifact is pictured in Swanson 1962, p. 45, fig. 20 i and described as: "shouldered knife of flint, Cayuse II (resharpened while hafted). The object is also described in Swanson 1962, p. 48, F. Cayuse II Phase 11 as: "Shouldered point of flint, originally triangular, but resharpened while hafted. Point still has pitch on base, and was found near wooden handle No. 25. Length 1 in,; width, 1.25 in.; thickness, .25 in." The artifact is also described in Swanson 1962, p. 56, paragraph 4 as: "The unstemmed triangular points of Cayuse II were associated with a knife handle (Fig. 20i,k), and one of them (Fig. 20i) had been resharpened in the handle. The point had become steep-edged as a result, was removed from the handle, and presumably was to be replaced by a "new" unstemmed triangular point..." The artifact is described in Field Catalog Form #351: "5S1-1; knife or drill, AF 183." Artifact Record # 183 describes the artifact as a: "Drill or Knife; Associated with bones (?deer)--ribs; grass matting, ash." Block Card 5S1+1 lists one of the artifacts for this provenience as "Stone point (drill or knife) Art# 183." Z.Garcia Morales, 02/15/2011
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
- Collected by Earl H. Swanson Jr. on January 1, 1953
What
- Name
- Chipped Stone Tool
- Identification Number
- 45KT20/351
- Type of Item
- chipped stone tool
- Material
- chert stone
- Overall
- length 2.8 cm, width 2.4 cm, height 0.5 cm, diameter 1.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 4.13 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Who
- Field Collector
- Earl H. Swanson Jr.
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
- Excavation Date
- 07/21/1953
- Site Number
- 45-KT-20
- Unit
- 5S1
- Level
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped
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