Cico Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Cico
Chert ranges from translucent white to gray or tan to brown.
Less commonly may be a reddish brown or purplish gray.
Texture:
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Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Primary outcroppings are located on
San Miguel Island. Artifacts from Cico Chert has been reported
from
Santa Rosa Island to the adjacent mainland.
Projectile point made from this material:
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Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Archaeological Context:
Used by the Chumash culture
