Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1989-57/8-A-254 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Excurvate shape with asymmetrical notching. One side shows a side-indentation, and possible rounded corner notch? Other side shows side-notch, and corner notch with rectangle shoulder. Base and tip have straight breaks. Solid pink with outer layer of orange on one face. B. Avery 12/1/2003.

Geographical Search Terms

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

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Harold G. Bergen

Item History

What

Name
Point, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
1989-57/8-A-254
Type of Item
chipped stone point
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked, bifacially flaked, side-notched and corner-notched
Overall
length 5.4 cm, width 2.2 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 7.4 g

Who

Field Collector
Harold G. Bergen

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1963

Other

Accession Number
1989-57
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped