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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Collection Name/number SCI-05
Owner US Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest
Micro Photo? yes; 2
Macro Photo? yes
Recovery Type Survey
Unit Unknown
Depth (cm) Surface
Condition Broken
Material Class Groundstone
Object Type Donut stone
Rock Type Volcanic (slightly vesicular, dacitic)
Weight (g) 254.3
Maximum Object Diameter (cm) 10.8
Maximum Object Thickness (cm) 4.5
Minimum Perforation Diameter (cm) 2.0
Wear Distribution Use-wear inside hole, most intensively at narrowest point.
Wear Characteristics (up To 40x) Leveling and sheen on high areas. At 20x can see leveling, sheen, slight rounding of interstice edges, and directionality of wear through hole.
Comments Flatness related to natural bedrock jointing. Approx. 1/2 of donut stone. Biconical hole
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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Suggested Citation

San Diego Archaeological Center. (2011) "SCI-05: 22 from Americas/United States/California/CA-SCLI-MISC". In San Diego Archaeological Center. San Diego Archaeological Center (Ed). Released: 2011-09-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e8037e56-a8c5-481d-cd39-fe601fae7fa0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zw1g483

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