KM140 (Prehistoric Obsidian Blade) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Obsidian, jet black. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Flaked Stone Tool
Description
Medial blade segment. Trapezoidal cross section with narrow central ridge. Both ends broken accidentally; lateral margins have some accidental edge damage.
Preservation description
Incomplete.
Published as
Kardulias2022, pp. 1218, 1224, 1225, no. 938, fig. 26.2
Preserved length
0.0172
Thickness
0.002
Weight (kg)
0.0029
Width
0.0073
Explanation of deposition
Residual in Byzantine-Modern colluvium across central slope.
Material
Obsidian (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRC0702-002
Location in unit
Near surface east of Building C1.
Drawing
Photograph