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Object Number 66-16-50/10871

Display Title Large stone chopper - single scar only on one face which served as striking pla

Descriptions

Object Description Large stone chopper - single scar only on one face which served as striking platform fo removal of multiple flakes rhyolite on opposite face

Department Archaeological

Culture

Mesolithic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Kenya

Additional Geographic Terms Kanapoi Valley; Telekei's volcano, 9 miles south of; Lake Rudolph, south end of

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	66-16-50/10874	Small stone chopper - single scar only on one face which served as striking plat	Chopper	Kenya
	53-33-40/6527	Flint chopper dressing spall: striking platform consists of truncated flakes for	Chipped Stone	Clacton-on-Sea Lion Point
	36-96-50/1662	Quartzite chopper made on a large heavy flake with plain striking platform	Chopper	Nsongezi
	38-75-40/4611	2 typical flint flake implements, the striking platforms & bulbs of which have b	Flake	Cambridge
Image Not Available for 7 flint pebble cores, simple (1-2 scars only)	48-5-50/8972	7 flint pebble cores, simple (1-2 scars only)		Tangier
Image Not Available for 3 large flint flakes with prepared striking platforms & fine retouch on one face	41-51-50/5553	3 large flint flakes with prepared striking platforms & fine retouch on one face	Chipping debris	Tangier
	36-96-50/2259	Quartzite core with plain striking platform from which small flakes have been +	Core	Sango Hills Rubbles
	47-60-60/9987	Side scraper or small chopper (trap); one edge and butt only are chipped	Scraper	Sanganakallu
Image Not Available for Pebble cortex.	54-37-60/13269	Pebble cortex.		Susa
	38-65-60/9379	6 large choppers flaked only on upper surface- of silicified tuff	Chopper	Burma
Image Not Available for Image of tea being served by Mafoo	56-55-60/15503	Image of tea being served by Mafoo		China
	56-55-60/15503.1	Tea being served by Mafoo		China

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