Prehistoric rhyolite flakes.
Rhyolite | Object #: 1691483
Count: 252. Tertiary flakes. Lengths range from 16.53mm to 4.48mm.
Count: 252. Tertiary flakes. Lengths range from 16.53mm to 4.48mm.
Flake lengths range from 38.9mm to 10.03mm. Count: 20.
Flake lengths range from 37.94mm to 15.07mm. Count: 6.
Tip or distal end broken. Almost lanceolate with rudimentary shoulders. Concave base.
Tip or distal end broken. Concave base.
Tip or distal end broken.
Tip or distal end broken.
Large, heavy, triangular blade point with a broad, square and straight stem. Straight or concave base.
Small leaf-shaped point with concave base.
Tip or distal end chipped off (almost complete). Evidence of basal thinning by flaking. Straight base.
Tip or distal end broken. Straight base.
Prehistoric chopping tool.
Modified spall.
Modified spall (Honerkamp and Harris 2005:102, figure 6).
Color associated with french flint/chert. Appears retouched and used along multiple edges. Blade- based gunflints perfected mid-18th century (Kenmotsu, 1990:100).
Parks Canada notes "chalk-heel" flints retain portions of cortex from original nodule. Slightly concave back.
Wedge-shaped
Same material as finished gunflints; tag says "Dover chert". Multiple negative flake scars and a series of bulbs of percussion along one edge.
Opaque and darker than core 1829506.