SPECIMEN NO.:  36SOPA-4

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:  Dark grayish-brown flint. Basal grinding, and grinding on each edge from the base for 2.5 cm. on each side.

SIZE:  Length - 7.5 cm.
            Basal Width - 1.5 cm.
            Maximum Width at center - 2.7 cm.
            Lenght of Flute side A - 2.5 cm.
            Width of Flute side A - 0.9 cm.

PROVENIENCE:  Found on the east side of Laurel Mountain near Bakersville. Located on U.S.G.S. 7.5' map, Bakersville quadrant. Altitude, 2100 feet.

COLLECTOR:  Walt Heist, Somerset, Pa.

REMARKS:  This point was recovered after it had fallen from the soil of a steep bank behind the collector's summer home. No other artifacts were found in conjunction with the find, but further investigations of a rock shelter several hundred feet to the immediate north will be made in 1978.

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