KM330 (Prehistoric Obsidian Blade) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Obsidian, very dark gray (Gley 1 3/). Exotic source.

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Flaked Stone Tool

Description

Proximal blade segment. Faceted platform. Trapezoidal cross-section. Trampling damage at right is medium, direct.

Preservation description

Incomplete, snapped on one end. Tiny patches of encrustation.

Published as

Kardulias2022, pp. 1218, 1224, no. 937, fig. 26.2

Length

0.0248

Thickness

0.0032

Weight (g)

1.03

Width

0.0102

Explanation of deposition

Residual among mass of Roman sherds and other debris against upper/west face of Wall A1, where they accumulated with downslope movement and/or with disposal by users of adjacent passageway.

Material

Obsidian (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRA0804-007

Location in unit

Along upper/west face of Wall A1.

Drawing

Photograph