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Object Number 44-41-60/8870
Display Title Quartzite small Acheulean type hand axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone bifaces, handaxes, ovate, thick pebble butts
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Nellore
Additional Geographic Terms artificial drainage channel crossed by the Madras trunk rd., south of
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 7.3 x 2.8 cm (3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 44-41-60/8870; 29-80; 29-87

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