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Name:
Unifacial flake tool / scraper

Description:

Artifact Type: Unifacial flake tool / scraper
Material: Pale gray-green chert
Manufacturing Technique: Percussion flaking with marginal retouch
Condition: Mostly complete; slight edge wear and minor tip damage
Length: ~1.0 inch
Width: ~0.8 inch
Notes: Small triangular flake tool exhibiting a smooth flat ventral surface on one face and limited retouch along the opposite margins; edges show light use-wear consistent with scraping or cutting functions rather than a finished projectile point; pale gray-green semi-translucent chert with small cortex remnant near the upper edge

Accession Number:
2024.1.439

Prior Inventory Number:
250

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
Scraper

Object Size (LxWxH):
1" x 0.8" x 0.1875"

Origin Continent:
North America

Origin Country:
United States

Origin State/Province:
TN

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

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