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Object Number 49-50-40/6003
Display Title Sample of typical Upper Palaeolithic breccia
Descriptions
Inventory Description Breccia with numerous bone inclusions
Classification
  • Fragment
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne / <County> / Les Eyzies
Materials Breccia Bone
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 10.4 x 10.3 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-50-40/600 (3-broken off)
Provenance
Collector Max Herve
Donor Donated by Max Herve (11/16/1949)

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