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Object Number 52-16-50/9428
Display Title 19 flint cores
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone core, casual, tortoiseback, patinated, with cortex
Classification
  • Casual core
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tunisia
Intrasite NE slope of ridge - surface
Additional Geographic Terms El Mekta
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 7.6 x 7.4 cm (1 9/16 x 3 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52-16-50/9428
Provenance
Intermediary Hugh O'Neill Hencken (04/04/1952)
Donor Donated by American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge) (04/04/1952)

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