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Object Number
50-5-40/6080
Display Title
Chipped stone hand axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone, hand axes, one made of flint, one is possibly jasper, mustard colored with dark red / black veins and spots, with cortex
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
/
<State>
/
Vienne
/
Commune de Velleches
Europe / France / <State> / Vienne / Fontmaure
Europe / France / <State> / Vienne / Fontmaure
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest ): 8.5 × 6 × 2.1 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50-5-40/6080
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57-31-60/10752 | Ovate hand axes with cortex |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10747 | Flint hand axes of various sizes |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10674 | Flint hand axes with cortex base |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10748 | Flint bifaces and hand axes |
Biface
Axe |
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10672 | Flint hand axes |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10779 | Flint ovate hand axes |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10749 | Hand axes of various sizes |
Axe
|
Et Tabun
| |
| 57-31-60/10780 | Flint hand axes and bifaces |
Chopper
Axe |
Et Tabun
| |
| 53-19-60/10271 | 2 small/medium-sized quartzite hand axes of roughly oval or sub-triangular, made |
Axe
Raw Material |
Nuaberi
| |
| 44-41-60/8851 | Quartzite hand axes made on pebbles Abbevillian type |
Axe
|
Nellore
| |
| 44-41-60/8859 | Quartzite small hand axes Acheulean type |
Axe
|
Nellore
| |
| 39-70-60/6160 | 2 quartzite hand axes chipped to edge all around |
Axe
|
Attrampakkam Nullah
|