- Name:
- Lithic debitage (core fragment)
- Description:
Artifact Type: Lithic debitage (core fragment)
Material: White to translucent quartz
Manufacturing Technique: Percussion flaking (core reduction)
Condition: Fragmentary; multiple flake removals visible
Length: ~1–1.25 inches
Width: ~1–1.25 inches (estimated)
Notes: Irregular, blocky quartz fragment exhibiting multiple intersecting flake scars and negative flake removals; lacks formal shaping, edge retouch, or hafting features; consistent with a small core or exhausted core fragment used in tool production
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.679
- Prior Inventory Number:
- R-10
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Lithic debitage
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 1.25" x 1" x .1875"
- Type/Materials:
- Quartz
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- MA
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
