Object class: Worked stone / Collection place: NV-Hu-583, Humboldt County, Nevada - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58174, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession file- Biface medial section fragment, chalcedony. Roughly bi-convex in cross-section with the hard hammer technique used in manufacture. Edge angle is 48 degrees.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58183, described as No description given on catalog card.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58138, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession file: Partial biface made on a tabular piece of chert and is bi-convex in cross-section. It is bifacially flaked (hard hammer) with a large amount of primary cortex still left on the "inner portions" of one side of the piece. The "butt" is rounded and overall the tool shows little evidence of edge damage or use. Edge angle- Right is 47 degrees and left is 51 degrees.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58201, described as No description given on catalog card.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58184, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession records: Extremely large and crude broken biface (chopper) that is made on a tabular piece of light grey chalcedony. The piece has been bifacially flaked by hard hammer percussion but some cortex still is persent on one face of th epiece. The edges exhibit little or no evidence of edge damage or utiliization. The speciman is plano-convex in cross-section. Edge angle: 55 degrees.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-58204, described as No description given on catalog card.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface fragment, accession number 2-58161, described as No description given on catalog card.

Hearst Museum object titled Biface fragment, accession number 2-58202, described as No description given on catalog card. Per Accession file: Snapped obsidian tip section. The piece is roughly plano-convex in cross-section. The hard hammer technique was used in its manufacture. Edge angles are- Right: 40 degrees, Left: 39 degrees.

Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 2-58152, described as No description given on catalog card.

Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 2-58215, described as No description given on catalog card.