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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; 1
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, rhyolitic)
Weight (g) 219.1
Maximum Object Diameter (cm) 8.3
Maximum Object Thickness (cm) 4.6
Minimum Perforation Diameter (cm) 2.0
Wear Distribution Manufacture wear inside hole. No use-wear.
Wear Characteristics (up To 40x) Leveling and crushing related to manufacture/pecking/abrading of biconical hole.
Comments Reddish color is due to oxidized iron. Approx. 1/2 of donut stone. Biconical hole. Other id# 78-BW-1-8-557
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: 00177 from Americas/United States/California/CA-SCLI-986". In San Diego Archaeological Center. San Diego Archaeological Center (Ed). Released: 2011-09-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f0df325e-434c-49bc-d684-1506c4348cb4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2125wn37

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