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Medium-sized chopper made on a pebble (CAST)
Medium-sized chopper made on a pebble (CAST)
Object Number 39-46-60/5989
Display Title Medium-sized chopper made on a pebble (CAST)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Casting of chipped stone edged tool chopper on pebble flake
Classification
  • Casting
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Early Palaeolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Hopei / <County> / <City> / Choukoutien
Intrasite Loc. 15
Additional Geographic Terms Peking, 37 miles southwest of
Materials Plaster
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 9.1 x 3.8 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-46-60/5989; C.K.T./LOC. 15

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