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Name:
Expedient flake tool

Description:

Small worked stone flake tool made from fine-grained felsite or rhyolite, showing conchoidal fracture and edge retouch, likely used as an expedient Native American cutting or scraping implement.

Accession Number:
2024.1.637

Prior Inventory Number:
M-410

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
Expedient flake tool

Object Size (LxWxH):
1.2" x .75" x .1875"

Type/Materials:
Rhyolite

Origin Continent:
North America

Origin Country:
United States

Date/Era:
Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)

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