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Object Number
36-96-50/1727
Display Title
Small quartzite fist axe with sinuous edge
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone biface, fist axe, crude, sinuous edge, roughly ovate
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Acheulean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Uganda
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Eastern Province
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<County>
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<City>
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Mile 51 on the Kampala-Jinga Road
Intrasite
60' terrace - surface?
Additional Geographic Terms
Jinja, near; Buganda
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 7.5 x 4.9 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-96-50/1727; 51.S
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