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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Collection Name/number San Clemente Island/Mesa College
Owner US Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest
Micro Photo? yes; 2
Macro Photo? yes
Recovery Type Survey
Unit Not given
Depth (cm) Surface
Condition Complete
Material Class Groundstone
Object Type Donut stone
Rock Type Volcanic (slightly vesicular, dacitic)
Weight (g) 374.5
Maximum Object Diameter (cm) 8.5
Maximum Object Thickness (cm) 4.5
Minimum Perforation Diameter (cm) 1.8
Wear Distribution Use-wear inside hole, most intensively at narrowest point. Use-wear also on both side surfaces, wrapping slightly around into hole.
Wear Characteristics (up To 40x) Inside hole and on both side surfaces: Leveling and sheen on high areas. Most complete leveling and intense sheen at narrowest point of perforation. Rounded interstice edges and high areas. No striations.
Comments Biconical hole. Other id# X-79-BW-1-8-45
Has note The SDAC curates several ground-stone -donut- objects collected by archaeologists during survey and excavation across sites in Southern California.
CA_SCLICat180_A
CA_SCLICat180_B
CA_SCLICat180_C_hole_10xhelicon
CA_SCLICat180_D_side_20xhelicon
Suggested Citation

San Diego Archaeological Center. (2011) "SCI-09: 00180 from Americas/United States/California/Not given". In San Diego Archaeological Center. San Diego Archaeological Center (Ed). Released: 2011-09-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/26887896-72ea-4fb6-02fc-0f5937358224> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x926w8v

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