Prehistoric quartz flakes.
Quartz | Object #: 1692787
Flake lengths range from 37.94mm to 15.07mm. Count: 6.
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Flake lengths range from 37.94mm to 15.07mm. Count: 6.
Explore This ItemTip or distal end chipped off (almost complete). Evidence of basal thinning by flaking. Straight base.
Explore This ItemTip or distal end broken. Straight base.
Explore This ItemPossibly similar to "Turkey Oyl Stone" Washington orders in 1759. Oil stones are whetstones, used for sharpening or honing, novaculite-rich from area of Ottoman empire http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/what-is-an-oilstone-2. Appears broken along 3 faces with 3 original faces. Tapers in profile…
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