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Object Number
36-6-50/1584
Display Title
4 obsidian fabricators
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone obsidian chipping debris, flakes used as fabricators?
Classification
- Chipping debris
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Upper Aurignacian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Kenya
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<County>
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<City>
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Gamble's Cave II
Intrasite
Phase (a)
Additional Geographic Terms
Elmenteita
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (3 1/8 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
36-6-50/1584; L-455/1929; 3740/1929
Provenance
Collector
East African Archaeological Expedition
(1929-1935)
Intermediary
Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey
(01/13/1936)
Donor
Donated by
East African Archaeological Expedition
(01/13/1936)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36-6-50/1605 | 6 obsidian fabricators |
Chipping debris
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Gamble's Cave II
| |
|
Image Not Available
for 7 flint picks and fabricators
| 32-52-60/94 | 7 flint picks and fabricators |
Biface
|
Syria
| |
| 32-52-60/14 | 15 flint pick types and fabricators |
Pick
Raw Material |
Palestine
| |
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Axe
Raw Material |
Palestine
| |
| 32-52-60/78 | 16 flint picks, fabricators, and blades |
Biface
Raw Material |
Palestine
| |
| 32-52-60/73 | 14 flint picks and fabricators |
Axe
|
Syria
| |
| 32-52-60/87 | 6 small flint picks and fabricators |
Ovate biface
|
Syria
| |
| 36-6-50/1605.1 | Obsidian blades |
Chipping debris
|
Gamble's Cave II
| |
| 32-52-60/97 | 4 crude flint celts |
Biface
|
Syria
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Flake, flint
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Modified Lithic
|
Merimdeh
| |
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Edged Tools
|
Sanganakallu
| |
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