Side Blade Fragment
56-28-2197
From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 56-28-2197 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Denbigh Flint Complex |
| Provenience | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
| Site Name | Iyatayet |
| Site Number | NOB-002 |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | IYEM B |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | basal end and portion of blade midsection present. This is a long, triangular type side blade. Bifacially retouched on both surfaces by removal of a parallel series of flakes at a diagonal to the surface. Made on grey chert microblade. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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