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Object Number
33-86-60/480
Display Title
2 flint cores (1 tortoise)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone cores, with cortex
Classification
- Core
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Lower Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Palestine
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Intrasite
Level B2
Additional Geographic Terms
Wadi el-Mughara; Wady Mugharet; Athlit, near
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 8.4 × 5.4 × 3.5 cm (3 5/16 × 2 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
33-86-60/480
Provenance
Collector
Dr. D. A. E. Garrod
Collector
Theodore D. McCown
Intermediary
George Grant MacCurdy
(11/15/1933)
Donor
Donated by
American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge)
(11/15/1933)
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