2 silt-shale handaxes (small)

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Object Number 52-17-50/9719

Display Title 2 silt-shale handaxes (small)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone bifaces, hand axes, ovate, small, worn tips

Classification

Department Archaeological

Culture

Lower Fauresmith

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / South Africa

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm (2 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 52-17-50/9719; 20/45

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
52-17-50/9718	4 silt-shale handaxes (medium-sized)	Axe	South Africa
52-17-50/9717	6 silt-shale handaxes (medium-sized)	Axe	South Africa
52-17-50/9700	2 quartzite proto-handaxes	Axe	Transvaal Vereeniging
57-31-60/10701	6 Small pearshaped handaxes with thin butt and pointed end	Axe Raw Material	Et Tabun
50-42-60/10551	2 flint handaxes, pear-shaped	Raw Material Axe	Barda Balka
38-105-40/4678	2 flint handaxes	Axe	France
65-20-50/11136	7 amygdaloid flint handaxes	Axe	Mali
52-17-50/9705	5 quartzite handaxes	Axe	Cape of Good Hope
52-17-50/9703	3 quartzite handaxes: rolled and therefore derived in Younger Gravels of Vaal	Axe	Homestead Riverview Estates
50-62-40/6959	4 medium-sized crude stone handaxes	Axe	Villaverde
50-62-40/6957	3 crude stone handaxes or choppers-medium sized	Axe	Villaverde
50-62-40/6956	3 large crude stone handaxes or choppers	Axe	Villaverde

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