Coal Oil Point Component 2

Artifact Guide


Type: Beer Can
Material: Soldered Steel
Dimensions: 12 oz. volume
8 cm diameter x 20 cm high
Markings: "Black Label"
Note: Opened with a Can Opener

Type: Charred Wood
Material: Eucaliptus Wood
Dimensions: 12 cm x 36 cm
Fairly completely charred throughout.

Type: Fire Altered Rock
Material: Coarse Sandstone
Color: Buff to Tan
Dimensions: Irregular

Type : Fishook
Material: Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 1.5 mm diameter,
3 cm long

Comments: This is a dense mass of ash and small charcoal pieces

Comments: A high concentration of fish scales, small bones, and oily residue.

Comment: Skeletal remains of four fish heads, probably Sea Bass.

Comment: Unmodified sand stone cobble. One flat surface covered with oily residue.


Department of Anthropology, UCSB

Stuart T. Smith and George H. Michaels
Comments to web author: george@id.ucsb.edu

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