Unfinished fist axe made on portion of pebble which had been detached

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Object Number 36-96-50/1690

Display Title Unfinished fist axe made on portion of pebble which had been detached

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone biface, fist axe, unfinished, roughly ovate

Classification

Department Archaeological

Culture

Acheulean
Levalloisian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda / Western Province / <County> / <City> / Nsongezi

Intrasite N horizon of 100' terrace

Additional Geographic Terms Kagera River; Tanganyika border

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 8.2 x 6.4 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-96-50/1690; O.6./S.

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	36-96-50/1683	Crude quartzite fist axe apparently unfinished, made on large coarse flake	Axe	Nsongezi
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	36-96-50/2265	Heavily rolled, crudely worked quartzite fist axe, possibly an unfinished specim	Axe	Younger Rubbles
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	53-19-60/10237	Large oval hand axe made on a flake detached from a pebble.	Raw Material Axe	Kuliana
Image Not Available for Quartzite core - pebble from which flakes have been detached	36-96-50/2352	Quartzite core - pebble from which flakes have been detached	Casual core	Walasi
	35-32-40/1762	Unfinished flint fist axe	Axe	France
	36-96-50/1671	Heavy crude quartzite fist axe - apparently unfinished	Axe	Nsongezi
	36-96-50/1702	Big crude unfinished fist axe partially worked on one side	Axe	Nsongezi
	36-96-50/1701	Unfinished quartzite fist axe - thick in section, with flat butt	Axe	Nsongezi
Image Not Available for Small quartzite pebble core from which microliths have been detached	36-96-50/2374	Small quartzite pebble core from which microliths have been detached		Kagade

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