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Object Number 36-96-50/1797
Display Title Triangular quartzite point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone, quartz scraper
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / <City> / Granite Rock Shelter
Intrasite 48" - 54"
Additional Geographic Terms Buganda-Muzizi River Area; Hoima and Fort Portal, halfway between; camp, near
Materials Quartz
Dimensions Overall: 3 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm (1 3/16 × 1 1/16 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-96-50/1797

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