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Object Number 36-96-50/1761
Display Title Large quartzite core
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone, quartz core
Classification
  • Core
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / <City> / Granite Rock Shelter
Intrasite 0" - 18"
Additional Geographic Terms Buganda-Muzizi River Area; Hoima and Fort Portal, halfway between; camp, near
Materials Quartz
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 × 5.9 × 5.1 cm (2 3/8 × 2 5/16 × 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-96-50/1761

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