2 rolled pebble tools (human?), 1 rolled flake with bulb percussion-quartzite

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Object Number 36-96-50/2231

Display Title 2 rolled pebble tools (human?), 1 rolled flake with bulb percussion-quartzite

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone implements, chipped pebbles, choppers, scrapers?

Classification

Chipped Stone

Department Archaeological

Culture

Kafuan

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda

Additional Geographic Terms 17 mi. downstream from Nsongezi, on the Kagera River just across the Uganda bord

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 5.9 x 2.7 x 3.5 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 3

Label on object 36-96-50/2231; F.2.A-B

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	36-96-50/1719	Rolled quartzite pebble with flakes detached	Chipped Stone	Busoga Kingdom Eastern Province
Image Not Available for 2 broken & chipped rolled quartzite pebbles - probably not human	36-96-50/1823	2 broken & chipped rolled quartzite pebbles - probably not human	Chipped Stone	Uganda
Image Not Available for 4 rolled quartzite pebbles - human ??	36-96-50/1825	4 rolled quartzite pebbles - human ??	Chipped Stone	Uganda
	36-96-50/2244	10 rolled quartzite pebble implements - some possibly human	Chopper Modified Lithic	Northern Province
Image Not Available for 2 rolled quartzite pebbles with flakes detached - human?	36-96-50/1713	2 rolled quartzite pebbles with flakes detached - human?	Casual core	Eastern Province Busoga Kingdom
	36-96-50/2245	5 heavily rolled quartzite water-worn pebbles, probably natural	Chipped Stone	Northern Province
Image Not Available for 4 quartzite pebble tools - human?	36-96-50/2235	4 quartzite pebble tools - human?	Chipped Stone	Northern Province
Image Not Available for 2 heavily rolled quartzite typical Oldowan pebbles	36-96-50/2247	2 heavily rolled quartzite typical Oldowan pebbles	Modified Lithic	Muzizi River gravels
	36-96-50/2240	2 heavily rolled quartzite pebble implements, human?	Edged Tools	Northern Province
Image Not Available for Quartzite flake without bulb of percussion - human?	36-96-50/1613	Quartzite flake without bulb of percussion - human?	Chipping debris	Kinoga
	36-96-50/2234	2 small quartzite pebble tools - possibly used as choppers or scrapers	Chopper Chipped Stone	Northern Province
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

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