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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; 3
Macro Photo? yes
Recovery Type Survey
Unit Not given
Depth (cm) Surface
Condition Broken
Material Class Groundstone
Object Type Donut stone
Rock Type Volcanic (vesicular,dacitic)
Weight (g) 174.8
Maximum Object Diameter (cm) 8.8
Maximum Object Thickness (cm) 5.2
Minimum Perforation Diameter (cm) 1.5
Wear Distribution Use-wear inside hole, most intensively at narrowest point. Light use-wear also on one side surface, wrapping slightly around into hole and wrapping onto edge.
Wear Characteristics (up To 40x) Inside hole: Leveling, rounding, and high sheen on high areas. Light striations through sheen indicate directionality of wear through hole. On side surface: light leveling, rounding of interstice edges, and sheen on high areas.
Comments Approx. 1/2 of donut stone. Biconical hole. Other id #78-BW-1-8-531
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-09: 00192 from Americas/United States/California/CA-SCLI-1298". In San Diego Archaeological Center. San Diego Archaeological Center (Ed). Released: 2011-09-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/efd8647a-99a9-4e6a-3a35-f699834d5dfa> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bc40851

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