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Object Number 44-41-60/8874
Display Title Two Quartzite hand axes, Late Acheulian types
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone bifaces, handaxes, ovate, small, rounded, pebble butted, brown
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Nellore
Additional Geographic Terms Madras trunk rd. near mile 151/3-5, On the
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 11.7 x 7.7 x 3 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 44-41-60/8874; 30/59; 30/16

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