A RCTIC CIRCULA NO. I Notes on a trip in l6-foot ... - The Arctic Circle

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Okiivik I
There are five bifacially retouched fragments wbose previous
form or function can only be guessed, Two are point tips from
end blades; one might be from a large, thick knife blade. They
are of quartz crystal, amorphous quartz, and guartzite'
Ten small soapstone vessel fragments, ranging in thicknese
from 3 to l0 mm., suggest thin rounded soapetoae vessels.
Two are rirn fragments showing rounded rim profiles.
I. Chipped end blades
(a) Four triangular end blades include two of quartz and two of
quartzite. Two show concave and two have straight bases.
The single intact specimen is uniface and measures 4.3 by
1.6 by 0. ? cm. The other tlrree are biconvex in crose-E€ctioni
margins are generally convex to straight, A11 four show basal
.tJrinning.
(b) Two of the three sidenotched points are intact; two are quartzitet
tlre other is chert. Bases are approximately straight; sidenotchea
are broad and shallow; edges are otherwise gently convex. The
two intact specimens measure 3.9 by 2.2 by 0.7 crn. and 2.5 by
lrB by 0'4r.\snrr f€spectively.
2. Ground stoae
(a) Three of the five ground slate pieces are small grey nondescript
fragments of ground slate end blades. The fourth, a thick grey
piece, shows grinding aad chipping. The fifth, red in colourr ie
an ead blade base witb three pairs of preciser sawed notches on
its bevelled edges. Its minimum width, at the straight baser ie
2,3 crrL