Context (Related Documents)
Label found with 1950.467[.1-30] reads 'Micro-blades' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.467[.1-30]: 'Long, narrow chert blades, many broken, some flaked on both surfaces.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with this collection [1950.467.1-30] are another 12 blades. One with the excavation number 1082; the others are unnumbered.
Event Date 24/1/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
It is unclear whether the additional 12 blades found with 1950.467[.1-30] were originally part of this accession number. The decision was therefore taken to assign these objects temporary accession numbers. The blade fragment marked with the excavation number '1082' is now TEMP.03028, and the 11 unmarked blades are now TEMP.03029.1-11.
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Four tanged blades of grey coloured chert and flint. Includes three complete blades and one fragment. Two have a slight tang at the butt end and both edges retouched. One has an asymmetric tang and one edge retouched. One is long and narrow with a slight tang at the butt end and an asymmetric tip.
Event Date 3/9/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad