Table 15.22. Raw Materials of Chipped-Stone Tools

Tool Type LOCAL
Dakota Orthoquartzite Morrison Chert Morrison Orthoquartzite Igneous
N % N % N % N %
Projectile point 47 43.9 5 4.7 1 0.9
Biface 60 65.9 5 5.5 3 3.3
Drill 9 33.3 11 40.7 1 3.7
Modified flake 53 14.1 218 58.1 70 18.7 1 0.3
Modified core 1 50.0 1 50.0
Other chipped-stone tool 17 23.0 27 36.5 20 27.0 5 6.8
    TOTAL 186 27.5 267 39.5 96 14.2 6 0.9




Tool Type NONLOCAL AND UNKNOWN Total
Unknown Chert Chalcedony Petrified Wood Unknown Quartzite Washington Pass Chert Obsidian
N % N % N % N % N % N % N
Projectile point 37 34.6 11 10.3 3 2.8 1 0.9 2 1.9 107
Biface 6 6.6 11 12.1 2 2.2 1 1.1 3 3.3 91
Drill 4 14.8 2 7.4 27
Modified flake 19 5.1 4 1.1 2 0.5 5 1.3 2 0.5 1 0.3 375
Modified core 2
Other chipped-stone tool 5 6.8 74
    TOTAL 71 10.5 28 4.1 7 1.0 6 0.9 6 0.9 3 0.4 676