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Image Not Available for Rolled quartzite pebble showing incipient points of impact
Rolled quartzite pebble showing incipient points of impact
Image Not Available for Rolled quartzite pebble showing incipient points of impact
Object Number 36-96-50/1696
Display Title Rolled quartzite pebble showing incipient points of impact
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone pebble, modified lithic, rolled, 2 chipped planes
Classification
  • Modified Lithic
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: 4.3 x 7.7 x 5.8 cm (1 11/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-96-50/1696; O.7./S

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Image Not Available for Rolled chipped quartzite pebble - incipient points of impact
36-96-50/1689 Rolled chipped quartzite pebble - incipient points of impact
Chipped Stone
Nsongezi
Image Not Available for Water rolled pebble with fractured surfaces & points of impact probably produced
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Modified Lithic
Nsongezi
Heavy rolled quartzite pebble
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Modified Lithic
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Modified Lithic
Muzizi River gravels
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36-96-50/1641 Heavily rolled spherical quartzite pebble - possibly a core
Modified Lithic
Gravels
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Modified Lithic
Kisegi
10 rolled quartzite pebble implements - some possibly human
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Chopper
Modified Lithic
Northern Province
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Chipped Stone
Uganda
2 rolled pebble tools (human?), 1 rolled flake with bulb percussion-quartzite
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Chipped Stone
Uganda
Image Not Available for Quartzite pebble with flake removed - probably natural but possibly human core
36-96-50/1642 Quartzite pebble with flake removed - probably natural but possibly human core
Modified Lithic
Gravels
Image Not Available for 4 quartzite pebbles - human ??
36-96-50/1628 4 quartzite pebbles - human ??
Modified Lithic
Kinoga
11 quartzite pebbles - human ??
36-96-50/1631 11 quartzite pebbles - human ??
Modified Lithic
Kinoga