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Image Not Available for Quartzite flake with bulb of percussion and plain striking platform
Quartzite flake with bulb of percussion and plain striking platform
Image Not Available for Quartzite flake with bulb of percussion and plain striking platform
Object Number 36-96-50/1636
Display Title Quartzite flake with bulb of percussion and plain striking platform
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone chipping debris, flake, bulb of percussion
Classification
  • Chipping debris
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Pre- Chellean
  • Muzizian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / <State> / <County> / <City> / Gravels
Additional Geographic Terms Buganda-Muzizi River; Hoima and Fort Portal, halfway between
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm (2 1/4 x 1 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-96-50/1636; M.I./A.

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Scraper
Eastern Province
Busoga Kingdom