Spall Tool Item Number: 2021.O.002:298 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A large cortex spall tool with secondary flaking along the edge. The dorsal surface is covered with a smooth light grey cortex, with a single impact site and flake removal scar sporting some compression ripples. The ventral surface is a dark grey with a fine grain. The ventral face has many impact sites, a few bulbs of percussion, and many flake arrises located near the mesial portions. Some compression rings and compression ripples can be seen.
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.002:298
- Type of Item
- spall tool
- Material
- basalt
- Overall
- length 12.092 cm, width 9.009 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