Accession No
1950.464 G
Description
Chert knife blade or notched point. Bifacially worked stone; blade roughly triangular in shape, with rounded tip and straight sides; notched tang with slanted butt end.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Foxe Basin; Melville Peninsula; Avvajja [Abverdjar]
Period
Dorset
Source
Rowley, Graham Westbrook [excavator and donor]; Innuksuk, Aipiluk [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.464 G; 742 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Chert
Local Term
Measurements
46mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Graham Rowley and Aipiluk Innuksuk, June to August 1939. See archive for notebooks, map and correspondence (XA/1/8, XA/1/34–XA/1/36, and XA/1/40).
Event Date 1939
Author: maa
Context (References)
Rowley, G. (1940). ‘The Dorset culture of the eastern Arctic’. American Anthropologist, vol. 42(3). pp 490-499.
Event Date 1940
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.464 A-M: 'Chert knife blades, various shapes and sizes. G: grey. Flaked both surfaces.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
Context (References)
Rowley, G. (2007). Cold Comfort: My Love Affair with the Arctic. 2nd edition. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Event Date 2007
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Chert knife blade or notched point. Bifacially worked stone; blade roughly triangular in shape, with rounded tip and straight sides; notched tang with slanted butt end.
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:318919
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