Groundstone Tool Item Number: 1966-100/O-75 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

3 Parts; only two are labe one end has a stylized animal head; the other end appears to be an adze. According to Butler's Field Catalog of the Over Site (see Burke Archives), this artifact is from "S2 T2, 0.8/SW/23, 0.6/S/23, Depth: 145.2, adze fragment, (+552 & 1 unnumbered fragment) recover'd from TP of 3/25/56 on Top of A course of stones in S2 T2." According to this information, it is not from the Cremation, but was above the Cremation.

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Groundstone Tool
Identification Number
1966-100/O-75
Type of Item
groundstone tool
Material
stone
Manufacturing Technique
ground, pecked and polished
Overall
length 32.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 1351.0 g

Who

Field Collector
B. Robert Butler

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1955

Other

Accession Number
1966-100
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
3
Site Number
45-KL-27
Feature
Burial: Cremation A
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground