Chipped Stone Tool Item Number: 5686 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Chipped spear heads stemmed lozened shape. Numbers of specimens -19- in upper left hand corner were entered by Frank Barnett who checked the material while working as a volunteer in 1939. Original ledger number was 11.* Three Plateau pentagonal knives (chert), two chert stemmed points, and one Plateau Pentagonal knife (petrified wood). Previous count on the computer was "19." (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

Geographical Search Terms

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

Item History

What

Name
Chipped Stone Tool
Identification Number
5686
Type of Item
chipped stone tool
Material
chert stone and petrified wood
Manufacturing Technique
bifacially flaked
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Dr. R.E. Stewart

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on November 8, 1905

Other

Accession Number
40
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
6
Excavated By
Stewart, Dr. R. E.
Status
Parts Gone
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped