Cordage Item Number: 45KT20/292.2 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Two pieces of 2-Z cordage and one piece of 2-S cordage. Find #292 on the Field Catalog Form lists the provenience as: Unit B-Block B, Level 1, 8"(d), Description:2 2-z frags cordage &1 2-s cord, Comments: "AF-162." Field #162 on the Field Notebook #1 lists "Unit: B, 8" below datum, 57" of NE, 17" of NW, Giesa, 7/20/53". (Pan, Yi, 02/25/2010) (NOTE: In original field notebook, entry #162 describes object as "cordage, scraper" which was not translated onto the Field Catalog Form.) I. Ostericher 05/24/2011

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Kittitas County Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Collection Owner

Owned by Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Item History

What

Name
Cordage
Identification Number
45KT20/292.2
Type of Item
cordage
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
chipped and retouched
Overall
length 4.461 cm, width 2.635 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 4.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Earl H. Swanson Jr.

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1953

Other

Accession Number
1966-95
Classification
Site Type: Pre-Contact Cave Site
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Excavated By
Giesa
Excavation Date
07/20/1953
Site Number
45-KT-20
Unit
B-Block-B
Level
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped