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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-864. The artifact is a decortication flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-865. The artifact is a core.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-866. The artifact is a core.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-867. The artifact is a secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-868. The artifact is a primary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-869. The artifact is a secondary flake fragment.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-870. The artifacts are a secondary flake and fragment.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-871. The artifact is a modified flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-872. The artifact is a bifacial tool.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-873. The artifacts are a secondary and decortication flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-874. The artifacts are a projectile point base and core.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-875. The artifact is a secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-876. The artifact is a secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-877. The artifact is an ophiolite stone bowl.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-878. The artifact is a decortication flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-879. The artifact is a biface fragment.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-880. The artifacts are a utilized bifacially retouched notched Monterey chert flake and a sandstone cobble. The Monterey chert measures 4.9 by 3.3 by 1.2 centimeters. Retouch and utilization are restricted to one lateral margin of the chert and the notch is on the opposite margin. The notch is 0. 7 centimeter deep and 1.1 centimeters wide. The sandstone cobble displays two facets of polish/wear. The cobble is a rectanguloid and measures 29.6...

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-881. The artifact is a very small tertiary flake of whitish gray chert that has been polished by sand and wind.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-882. The artifact is a Monterey chert secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-883. The artifact is a Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 3.5 cm by 1.9 cm by 0.5 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-884. The artifact is a Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 4.3 cm by 4.3 cm by 0.9 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-885. The artifact is a Monterey chert primary flake measuring 9.0 cm by 3.0 cm by 1.5 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-886. The artifact is a light gray Monterey chert projectile point measuring 2.8 cm by 1.6 cm by 0.2 cm. It is triangular, has a concave base, serrated laterals edges, and a broken tip.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-887. The artifact is a primary Monterey chert flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-888. The artifacts are two Monterey chert secondary flakes found 39 meters apart.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-889. The artifact is a very small Monterey chert flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-890. The artifact is a secondary Monterey chert flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-891. The artifact is a small Monterey chert tertiary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-892. The artifact is a secondary flake with a large bulb of percussion. The flake measures 5.0 cm by 2.5 cm by 1.0cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-893. The artifact is a gray Monterey chert secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-894. The artifact is a Monterey chert secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-895. The artifact is a three-faceted ground stone fragment of fire-altered quartzite or possibly fused sandstone. The isolate is on top of the mesa, which is gently sloping to the west-southwest. The ground surface is actively deflating.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-896. The artifact is a secondary flake of tan Monterey chert with evidence of use on the distal end measuring 3.2 cm long and 2.8 cm wide. There is a high density of chert boulders on the surrounding slope, suggesting that this could be a resource area.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-897. The artifacts are a tertiary flake of light tan Monterey chert measuring 46 by 19 by 13 millimeters; 2 meters south is a heat-fractured core fragment of tan and dark gray banded Monterey chert that measures 46 by 42 by 27 millimeters and has been broken into three pieces.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-898. The artifact is a secondary flake of gray-tan mottled Monterey chert with a hinge fracture. The flake measures 45 mm by 15 mm by 6 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-899. The artifact is a secondary flake of gray and white banded Monterey chert that measures 35 mm by 17 mm by 6 mm. It is on an interfluvial ridge consisting of dark sandy loam between two intermittent creeks.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-900. The artifact is a tan Monterey chert flake measuring 46 mm by 26 mm by 7 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-901. The artifact is a secondary flake of light tan Monterey chert mottled with root-beer colored inclusions and measures 30 mm by 20 mm by 11 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-902. The artifact is a dark brown Monterey chert flake measuring 56 mm by 31 mm by 6 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-903. The artifact is a beige Monterey chert tertiary flake measuring 23 mm by 15 mm by 0.6 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-904. The artifact is a tan Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 50 mm by 34 mm by 13 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-905. The artifact is a dark brown Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 16 mm by 17 mm by 4 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-906. The artifact is a light gray Monterey chert flake measuring 46 mm by 47 mm by 17 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-907. The artifact is a tan-banded, dark brown Monterey chert core fragment that measures 69 mm by 33 mm by 31 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-908. The artifact is a tan-banded Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 35 mm by 32 mm by 11 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-909. The artifact is a brown Monterey chert tertiary flake measuring 22 mm by 18 mm by 4 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-910. The artifact is a tan Monterey chert tertiary flake fragment measuring 24 mm by 15 mm by 6 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-911. The artifact is a gray-banded Monterey chert flake fragment modified on a single side. It measues 40 mm by 24 mm by 12 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-912. The artifact is a gray-banded Monterey chert flake measuring 25 mm by 18 mm by 3 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-913. The artifacts are a dark brown Monterey chert biface midsection fragment, measuring 42 mm by 40 mm by 10 mm, and a dark gray Monterey chert secondary flake, measuring 24 mm by 14 mm by 7 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-914. The artifact is a tan Monterey chert scraper (tool) that is bifacially retouched and measures 58 mm by 57 mm by 17 mm. Two concave edges appear to be utilized.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-915. The artifact is a light gray Monterey chert core fragment measuring 55 mm by 37 mm by 21 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-916. The artifact is a Monterey chert biface fragment measuring 67 mm by 28 mm by 11 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-917. The artifact is a tan chert secondary flake measuring 45 mm by 35 mm by 75 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-918. The artifact is a tertiary thinning flake of dark gray Monterey chert mottled with white and tan. It measures 55 mm by 35 mm by 8.0 mm and is broken into two fragments.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-919. The artifact is a tertiary Monterey chert flake measuring 45 mm by 30 mm by 10 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-920. The artifact is a black Monterey chert secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-921. The artifact is a cream-colored Monterey chert secondary flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-922. The artifact is a large dark-gray Monterey chert flake measuring 8 cm by 5.5 cm with large amounts of cortex.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-923. The artifacts are a tan-banded Monterey chert primary flake, measuring 60 mm by 50 mm, and a secondary flake of pinkish metavolcanic rock, measuring 30 mm by 45 mm. Both flakes were found in close vicinity of the cattle trail.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-924. The artifact is a dark Monterey chert piece, possibly a core, with several flake scars on it.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-925. The artifact is a quartzite hammerstone.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-926. The artifact is a Monterey chert tertiary flake measuring 130 mm by 70 mm by 30 mm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-927. The artifact is a tertiary flake of medium grayish brown Monterey chert with light gray and brown bands.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-928. The artifact is a secondary flake of white or light beige Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-929. The artifact is a double-faceted handstone of medium-grained sandstone that is chipped on one edge.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-930. The artifact is a brown Franciscan projectile point with a contracting stem and serrated edges.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-931. The artifact is secondary flake of black-banded Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-932. The artifact is an end fragment of a tan Monterey chert biface that broke near the midpoint. It measurs 8.0 cm by 4.0 cm by 1.3 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-933. The artifacts are two flakes. One is a brown Monterey chert secondary flake measuring 5.2 cm by 3.0 cm and the other is a unifacially-modified secondary flake manufactured from white chalcedony. Several flakes were removed from one edge.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-934. The artifacts are a tertiary flake of yellowish-brown Monterey chert and a flaked stone tool that has been bifacially worked and is fashioned from gray and brown Monterey chert, measuring 6.4 cm by 4.2 cm by 1.2 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-935. The artifact is a tertiary flake of light reddish brown banded Monterey chert. The flake is triangular in shape and measures 3.0 cm by 3.2 cm by 4.0 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-936. The artifact is a secondary flake of tan Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-937. The artifact is an edge-modified unifacially worked tool measuring 7.0 cm by 5.0 cm by 3.0 cm. It is manufactured from tan Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-938. The artifact is a grinding implement exhibiting two ground or worked surfaces with well-defined shoulders. It is manufactured from a coarse-grained material with columnar structure.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-939. The artifact is a secondary flake of dark brown Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-940. The artifacts are two secondary flakes, both manufactured from tan Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-941. The artifact is a gray quartzite hammerstone with a fracture at one end. It measures 9.0 cm by 8.0 cm by 4.0 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-942. The artifact is a secondary flake manufactured from tan and light-gray Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-943. The artifact is a bifacially worked primary flake manufactured from dark-gray Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-944. The artifact is a tertiary flake fashioned from a dark-gray Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-945. The artifact is a secondary flake manufactured from light gray/dark brown mottled Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-946. The artifact is a tertiary flake of tan and dark gray banded Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-947. The artifacts are a secondary flake and a tertiary flake of tan Monterey chert.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-948. The artifacts are two secondary Monterey chert flakes. A fragment of marine shell was also noted but given that it is a nonnative species (Chione sp.) and its proximity to the Sudden Ranch, it is unlikely that the marine shell is prehistoric.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-949. The artifacts are two Monterey chert flakes. One flake was discovered during a pedestrian survey in January of 2004. Subsurface testing was initiated in the immediate area surrounding the isolate in February 2004 to determine if additional cultural material was present. Six shovel test pits (STPs) were excavated around the original flake, one of which yielded an additional flake. The second flake was discovered less than 10 feet from...

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-950. The artifact is a projectile point midsection made from mottled brown and gray Monterey chert. The artifact was discovered just north of a model airplane field alongside a dirt track. One shovel test pit (STP) was excavated at the location where the artifact was found, and four more STPs were excavated around the artifact. None of the STPs yielded cultural materials.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-951. The artifact is a primary chert flake measuring 7 cm by 6 cm by 4 cm and has cortex near platform. Less than five shell fragments (abalone & clam) were observed within 10 m of the flake. Antiquity of shell is uncertain but does not appear to be prehistoric.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-952. The artifact is a mid-stage biface reduction chert flake measuring 4 cm by 1.5 cm by 0.5 cm, vicinity appears to be relatively undisturbed.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-953. The artifact are two Monterey chert flakes. Both artifacts appear to be early- or mid-stage biface reduction debris. One flake exhibits a small amount of cortex at the distal end. Vicinity appears to be relatively intact.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-954. The artifact is a late-stage biface reduction Monterey chert flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-955. The artifacts are two Monterey chert flakes. Both appear to be early-stage biface debris and both exhibit cortex fragments.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-956. The artifact is a Monterey chert flake. The artifact is a mid- to late-stage biface thinning flake. It was located within a heavily graveled ditch bank, and it is highly unlikely the flake is in its original context.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-957. The artifact is a concrete and fire brick sewer head. The area is largely overgrown with ice plants and the sewer head is mostly filled in. An abandoned asphalt and gravel road lays 20 ft to the east. The isolate is probably associated with Camp Cookie era facilities which once stood in this area.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-958. The artifact is a large dark brown Monterey chert stemmed projectile point.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-959. The artifact is an elk antler segment with burned and polished tine tip. Found in redeposited sediments.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-960. The artifacts are two plummet-shaped stones, one of which is in two pieces, found in redeposited surface soils during vegetation clearing by hand. The artifacts were found within 1.5 meters of each other.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-961. The artifact is a Monterey chert flake.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-962. The artifact is a Monterey chert utilized flake tool measuring 7 cm by 4 cm by 2 cm.

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This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-963. The artifact is a chert biface.