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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Collection Name/number SCI-09
Owner US Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest
Micro Photo? yes; 5
Macro Photo? yes
Recovery Type Survey
Unit Not given
Depth (cm) Surface
Condition Broken
Material Class Groundstone
Object Type Donut stone
Rock Type Volcanic (slightly vesicular, dacitic)
Weight (g) 133.9
Maximum Object Diameter (cm) Not measurable
Maximum Object Thickness (cm) 4.7
Minimum Perforation Diameter (cm) 1.9
Wear Distribution Use-wear inside hole, most intensively at narrowest point. Use-wear also on both side surfaces, wrapping slightly around into hole and around edges.
Wear Characteristics (up To 40x) Leveling and sheen on high areas. Most complete leveling and intense sheen at narrowest point of perforation. Rounded interstice edges and high areas. Light parallel linear striations through sheen inside hole at narrowest point show direction of wear through hole. Few light multidirectional striations under sheen on side surfaces.
Comments Approx. 1/5 of donut stone. Biconical hole. Other id# 79-BW-1-8-642 F
Has note The SDAC curates several ground-stone -donut- objects collected by archaeologists during survey and excavation across sites in Southern California.
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CA_SCLI_750_00188_E_side_10x
CA_SCLI_750_00188_F_side_20xhelicon
Suggested Citation

San Diego Archaeological Center. (2011) "SCI-09: 00188 from Americas/United States/California/CA-SCLI-750". In San Diego Archaeological Center. San Diego Archaeological Center (Ed). Released: 2011-09-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d55a7f03-28f7-4d2b-b77b-50273e5f7a38> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w95610m

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