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Image Not Available for Stone chopper blade or hammerstone fragment
Stone chopper blade or hammerstone fragment
Image Not Available for Stone chopper blade or hammerstone fragment
Object Number 40-100-10/23682
Display Title Stone chopper blade or hammerstone fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone, edged tool, scraper, broken
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chisos Focus
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / Brewster County / <City> / Alpine 2:5
Intrasite Section XXV, block jh, 25" - 30"
Additional Geographic Terms Big Bend Region; Alpine, near; Sunny Glen Midden, cliff front
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 7.2 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm (2 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-100-10/23682 & Al.2:5:83
Provenance
Provenance J. Charles Kelley (1938)
Provenance Thomas N. Campbell (1938)
Provenance Sul Ross State Teachers College (1938)

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