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Image Not Available for 5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
Image Not Available for 5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
Object Number 52-17-50/9748
Display Title 5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone cores, casual, used as scrapers?, with cortex
Classification
  • Casual core
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Smithfield B
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Orange Free State, Various sites in the
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 5.3 x 5 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52-17-50/9748; 12/35

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
52-17-50/9748.1 5 shale core scrapers or ? trimming stones
Casual core
South Africa
Image Not Available for 5 silt-shale cores
52-17-50/9722 5 silt-shale cores
Core
South Africa
Shale trimming stone (?core scraper) or afwerker
52-17-50/9747 Shale trimming stone (?core scraper) or afwerker
Adze
South Africa
Image Not Available for 31 flint pebble or tortoise cores and core-trimming flakes
41-51-50/5599 31 flint pebble or tortoise cores and core-trimming flakes
Casual core
Tangier
Image Not Available for 8 indurated shale cores? - a little weathered and patinated
37-11-50/1968 8 indurated shale cores? - a little weathered and patinated
Casual core
Senegal
Image Not Available for 2 flint core trimming fragments used as scrapers
41-51-50/5557 2 flint core trimming fragments used as scrapers
Scraper
Tangier
38 core trimming flakes
968-1-50/11097 38 core trimming flakes
Casual core
Morocco
Image Not Available for 6 flint end scrapers on core trimmings: corner platform (1), core tablet (5)
53-48-40/7557 6 flint end scrapers on core trimmings: corner platform (1), core tablet (5)
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for 2 flint core trimming flakes used as scrapers
49-51-40/6025 2 flint core trimming flakes used as scrapers
Scraper
Chez-Pourret
Image Not Available for 5 worked cores
50-42-60/12510 5 worked cores
Casual core
Site 6-7
Site 2-3
Image Not Available for 9 flint core scrapers of various kinds
54-47-40/6893 9 flint core scrapers of various kinds
Casual core
Eichtung
Image Not Available for Chert core, 2 unused chert flakes; chert flake retouched as scraper
37-11-50/1998 Chert core, 2 unused chert flakes; chert flake retouched as scraper
Casual core
#2