Spall Tool Item Number: 2021.O.002:016 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A medium sized cortex side-struck spall tool with secondary flaking along the proximal edge. The belonging is a medium grey with a fine grain, and smooth light grey cortex.
There's an impact site in the middle of the ventral face distal edge with a negative bulb, compression ripples and a percussion wave. The edge along this site is flat with minimal jagged edges. On the secondary flaked proximal end there are 4 impact sites, one with a bulb. Some compression ripples, erailleur scars, and flake arrises present.
Provenance
No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.
Item History
- Collected by Ken Pugh
What
- Name
- Spall Tool
- Identification Number
- 2021.O.002:016
- Type of Item
- spall tool
- Material
- basalt
- Overall
- length 4.889 cm, width 8.412 cm
Who
- Field Collector
- Ken Pugh
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
- Collected in
- “Unknown” ?
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Culture Repository
- Site
- Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest