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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	00.30.0088	Knife, hafted	Distinct boundary between hafted portion and blade portion. Blade has been reworked. Specimen in excellent condition.
2	00.30.0147	Sherd, pottery	Catalog number on box.
3	00.30.0270	Biface	Unidentified stone implements.
4	00.30.0271	Problematical	Problematicals.
5	00.30.0273	Point, projectile	Bird points. Some made of flint.
6	00.30.0274	Point, projectile	Projectiles of various types.
7	00.30.0275	Drill	Six drills. Two are dated 7/7/02. 1 thumb scraper, grey color.
8	00.30.0276	Problematical	Problematicals. Large pieces of rock.
9	00.30.0277	Point, projectile	Projectile points of various sizes. 1 problematical dated 4/16/03.
10	00.30.0278	Biface	Scrapers.
11	00.30.0279	Point, projectile	Finely shaped arrow points of various shapes and sizes.
12	00.30.0280	Scraper	Large hide scrapers, rough in texture yet slightly smooth along the blade. Small groove at the top of the scraper that has been scratched in.
13	00.30.0282	Point, projectile	Spear point, well-formed.
14	00.30.0288	Charcoal	From an Algonquin funerary
15	00.30.0291	Head, axe	Grooved axe head.
16	00.30.0292	Hammerhead	Grooved hammer head.
17	00.30.0294	Head, ax	None
18	00.30.100A	Shaft Straightener	A stone shaft straightener in a boomerang shape. The top face is mostly brown- and gray-specked unworked stone. The sharp edge has some chips taken out of it to reveal red stone inside it. Small red color flakes in one spot. This face is flat and smooth. The face of the scraper against the user's hand is smooth but uneven topographically. Parts of it are the unworked stone, parts are red and smooth. This side is knapped. The final face is smooth. It is reddish beige, has gray veins, and gray specks.
19	00.30.100B	Flake	Red and beige mottled thin stone flake. One edge on the top face is dark red on one half and the other half is brown and gray. The bottom face is flat and smooth too and has a red edge along one side. The stone is in an irregular shape that curves to a sharp point. The edges are thin and sharp and there are two main sharp points.
20	00.30.100C	Scraper	Dark gray scraper that is concaved likely for ease of grip. The edge closest to the hand is smooth and the rock is patterned brown, black, and beige color on that edge only. The scraping edge is serrated and moderately sharp. The two faces are smooth with limited evidence of knapping.
21	00.30.100D	Scraper	A white and beige stone scraper in a triangular shape. The top face has large knap marks all over it and some parts are brown, beige, and white. Bottom face has knap marks at one side and the rest is smooth. Parts of this face have gray. Edges are thin, serrated, and sharp.
22	00.30.100E	Core	Brown core, irregular shape. One face and one side are the original unworked dark red/brown color with brown indentations of the original rock. The opposite and bottom faces were knapped to reveal light brown rock with gray veins and indentations. A couple small parts on the rock on the worked parts are white. Portions of each side are smooth but most are rugged from being knapped or from the rock's original topography.
23	00.30.100F	Scraper	Gray and beige thin, roughly triangular shaped stone. Appears to have been becoming a projectile point. Top face is beige at the bottom, gray and beige at the top half, and white unworked stone in one small spot at the top. Knap marks all over. Bottom face is smooth and is beige with gray and brown veins in it. Knap marks and gouges in the stone at the bottom and top edges. Edges are thin and sharp.
24	00.30.100G	Projectile Point	Black slate projectile point. Only a rough projectile point shape. Edges are serrated and thin. There is a semi-circle shaped ridge down the middle of the projectile point. The bottom face is smooth and has knap marks of brown.
25	00.30.100H	Scraper	Thin stone scraper in the shape of an oval but with one edge flat, not rounded. Top face is red-brown at the outer edge. Then it is beige, then gray and red in the middle. Knap marks all over this face. The back face is smooth but has ripples in it. The inner edge is red with gray veins, then it becomes brown, then beige at the outer edge. Red and orange marks are in the stone itself. Edges are thin but not sharp.
26	00.30.100I	Core	Brown stone core in a half-circle shape. The top edge is brown and gray unworked stone. The next ring in is red. The rest of the stone is brown and thick with evidence of knap marks. The right edge is flat and shows the different colors of rock. The left edge is serrated, thin, and sharp. Points are sharp. The bottom face is more smooth. Most of it is beige and gray specks. Red color in the stone at the left edge. Ring of color in the stone is gray, then red, then brown and beige on the outside.
27	00.30.100J	Flake	Gray, brown, beige stone flake in an almost-circular shape. One side is unworked and is gray and beige rough stone. It has some pitting and a rugged topography. The bottom face is smooth worked stone. The outer ring is white, then brown, then gray, then beige stone in the center. Gray specks in the stone on this face.
28	00.30.100K	Flake	Small, yellow-hued and brown triangular-shaped stone with a ridge down the middle. Top face has several thin gray and beige lines in the left corner. Orange marks on the left side of the ridge. The bottom face is smooth and flat. Is brown and beige with the same gray and beige lines in the corner as on the top face. The top edge is flat. The other two edges are thin and the points are sharp.
29	00.30.100L	Flake	Thin, flat gray stone flake in the shape of an oval. Left edge is flatter than the right one which is thin and sharp. Gray and black horizontal lines in the stone. One small part of the top face is flat but the lines are still visible. The back face has similar patterns but with beige and gray instead. Knap marks at the corners of the stone.
30	00.30.100M	Flake	Small but thick stone flake. Most is beige with gray veins, then reddish beige, then unworked beige and gray stone at the top of the top face. Similar color patterning on the bottom face. Sides are red with gray and beige. Edges are thin and sharp. Points are sharp too.
31	00.30.100N	Flake	Triangular shaped stone flake. Edges are thin and sharp. Top edge and right edge are the unworked stone of beige with gray specks. The rest of the top face is comprised of beige and gray faint stripes in the stone. The same color patterns are visible on the back face, but the back face is smooth. Few knap marks on one edge of the top face but the rest is smoothed out.
32	00.30.100O	Flake	Brown stone flake. Top face has uneven topography - lowest elevations are brown, higher elevations are white and gray. Knap marks all over it. Bottom face is orangey-brown in the middle, white around that, brown around that, and beige unworked stone at the outside. Gray specks all over this surface. Smooth with ripples in it. Edges are thin and the points are sharp.
33	00.30.100P	Flake	A beige and white stone flake with reddish veins. Oval shape. Edges are serrated and sharp. Top face is knapped and the surface is uneven. Bottom face is smooth with a red vein running the length of the stone down the middle.
34	00.30.100Q	Flake	Dark gray stone in an irregular shape. Most of the stone is dark gray with black specks in it, quite thin with sharp edges. One edge is flat and has the unworked stone. There is a black stripe between the dark gray of the stone and the unworked stone. The unworked stone is beige and brown with gray and black specks in it. Several reddish brown circles in it. Is a possible shaft straightener.
35	00.30.100R	Flake	Thin, skinny rectangle-shaped stone flake. Edges are thin but not overly sharp, and points are sharp. Bottom face is smooth and flat. Has beige and gray and red (possibly rust) in the center, gray outside that, and two thin strips of the beige unworked stone at two edges. The top face has gray and beige smoothed stone in one section. The majority of the top face is unworked--the brown and gray original stone. Knap marks are at the edges.
36	00.30.100S	Flake	An oval shaped gray and brown stone with white blotches. The bottom face is smooth. Most of it is the gray/brown color with white blotches. A small stripe at the top is pink with a gray spot in it. The top face is brown. One swath has beige specks in the stone. The next swath is white specks. The top swath is pink and red. This top face has a ridge going the length of the stone. The two points are sharp, and the edges are thin, sharp, and mildly serrated.
37	00.30.100T	Flake	Small triangular stone flake. One edge is flat but the other two are thin and sharp. The points are also sharp. The stone is beige and red mottled all over it. The top face has a chip taken out of one edge to reveal beige and gray stone beneath. Knap marks at the edges and on the bottom face.
38	00.30.100U	Flake	Stone flake in an oval shape with the bottom face more flat and the top face curved up and round and smooth. The top face is brown, white, and gray speckled. The bottom face is smooth and brown with black specks. The top edge is flat where it chipped off. The other edges are only slightly serrated but are mostly smooth.
39	00.30.100V	Scraper	Orange scraper with sharp and serrated edges. The side closest to the user's hand has a thin crust of dark gray unworked stone. In the orange stone surrounding the gray patch are tiny sparkly specks. The orange section of the stone is comprised of varying shades of orange and is covered in tiny circles. This portion makes up the majority of the lithic. The smoothed bottom face has gray patches and shades of orange, plus the same tiny circles and sparkles as the top face.
40	00.30.100W	Rock Fragment	A Black, Brown and Grey Rock Fragment, one side has two chips taken out of it leaving the rest unworked and grey while the chips have left Brown stone, the otherside appears to have dried mud on it
41	00.30.100X	Core	Beige stone core with red veins and gray specks over most of it. Top face has a circular gray spot in the stone with red ribboning around it. Both faces have knap marks and rugged topography. The stone curves into an arch with both sides and the middle being about the same thickness.
42	00.30.102A	Projectile Point	White stone Bird point, possible Fresno Point
43	00.30.102B	Projectile Point	White stone Bird point, possible Fresno Point
44	00.30.102C	Projectile Point	Grey stone Bird point, possible Fresno point
45	00.30.102D	Projectile Point	Chipped Grey stone Bird point, possible Fresno point
46	00.30.102E	Rock Fragment	Quartz fragment
47	00.30.102F	Projectile Point	Grey Stone Projectile Point, Possible Merom Point
48	00.30.102G	Projectile Point	Brown and pink Stone Projectile Point, possible Tama Point
49	00.30.102H	Bird Point	Bird Point made of a blend of gray and white stone. The shape and purpose of the point is unknown, but it shares similarities to a Koster point. The edges of the projectile are finely serrated. The shoulders are pointed, and the stem of the point is slightly convex and thick. The point on the blade is very rounded, unsure of weather the point was broken. One side of the point has gray and white stone on the blade, while a darker shade of gray is found on the stem. The stem also has a few specks of original rock. This side of the point shows some layers and knap marks. The other side of the projectile has the same gray-white stone blend, but it features more brown stone. There is a small dark brown notch on this side of the projectile. Large white dot on right shoulder.
50	00.30.102I	Bird Point	Small bird point made of white stone. The shape and history of the point are unknown, but the shape looks similar to a Lost Island Point. The edges of the projectile are serrated, but rounded. The shoulders stick out past the stem only a little, and the stem of the point is wide and round. The point on the blade is intact and rounded. The object is very flat, and knap marks are present on both sides of the projectile. One side of the point is made of white stone with a pink hue, and a small gray dot can be found on the bottom of the blade. The other side of the projectile has similar coloring patterns but it also has a large dark red splotch near the edge of the blade.

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