Hand axe/ chopping tool

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Hand axe/ chopping tool

Entry/Object ID

A-61

Description

Basalt hand axe or chopping tool. Made from rounded, water worn, stream cobble. Unifacial with a slight concave cutting edge.

Context

Found in a forested chaparral on the Low Pass road up in Northern California, north of Lake Shasta.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

71.4.2

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Northern California

Culture/Tribe

Wintu
Native American

Notes

Excavation site seemed to be historical

Dimensions

Height

50 mm

Material

Basalt