Point Fragment, Chipped Stone
Item number 45KI957/2 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Description
Quartzite projectile point fragment. One side-notched projectile point found 10/26/2009 on south side of UW Botany Greenhouse just above Burke-Gilman Trail on UW Property. Found by Ellen Jane Van Wyk, a Greenhouse volunteer and UW freshman, who was helping dig soil to prepare for garden space. She gave the point to the Greenhouse Manager, Doug Ewing, who then contacted the Burke Museum Archaeology Dept. Following this discovery, Archaeology Staff (Lisbeth Louderback, Laura Phillips, and Stephanie Jolivette) and Anthropology Graduate Student, Jacob Fisher, dug three test pits to assess possible site integrity. They recovered two additional artifacts -- chipped quartzite, which are also part of this accession. They also determined the location as a site, and the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation assigned it Site #45-KI-957.
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Collection Owner
Owned by Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
Credit Line
Burke Museum Field Expedition
Item History
- Collected by Burke Archaeology Staff on October 30, 2009
What
- Name
- Point Fragment, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 45KI957/2
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point fragment
- Material
- quartzite
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 1.3 cm, height 2.5 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 2.8 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Who
- Field Collector
- Burke Archaeology Staff
When
- Collection Date
- on October 30, 2009
Other
- Accession Number
- 2010-5
- Classification
- Site Type: Pre-Contact Lithic Material
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Burke Archaeology Staff
- Excavation Date
- 10/30/2009
- Site Number
- 45-KI-957
- Unit
- Test Pit #2
- Level
- 0-40cm
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped
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