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Image Not Available for 7 pieces of bone breccia
7 pieces of bone breccia
Image Not Available for 7 pieces of bone breccia
Object Number 39-69-50/5169
Display Title 7 pieces of bone breccia
Descriptions
Object Description 7 pieces of bone breccia: 1) astragalus - aurochs; 2) teeth - porcupine; 9) scapula - wild boar (?); 4) metapoidal of antelope or gazelle
Inventory Description Organic, bone, faunal remain
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Morocco / Tangier
Intrasite Red 2
Additional Geographic Terms Mugharet el Aliya
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-69-50/5169

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2 pieces of breccia, one holding lower jaw of pig (?)
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Raw Material
Palestine
Image Not Available for 3 aurochs (Bos primigenius) teeth
39-69-50/5258 3 aurochs (Bos primigenius) teeth
Tangier
Image Not Available for 4 aurochs bones (bos primogenius)
39-69-50/5182 4 aurochs bones (bos primogenius)
Faunal Remain
Tangier
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Faunal Remain
Mugharet el Aliya
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Fragment
France
Image Not Available for Ox or aurochs; fragment of lower molar
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France
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France
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Body
Base
Chipping debris
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Ash
Coal/clinker
Neville
Breccia (with teeth)
12-79-40/E312 Breccia (with teeth)
Faunal Remain
Charente
Teeth with breccia
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Faunal Remain
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Faunal Remain
Unidentified
Coal/clinker
Chipping debris
Pigment
Projectile Point
Stone
Neville
7 bone fragments; 9 quartz pieces; 19 stone pieces and chips
970-12-10/50422 7 bone fragments; 9 quartz pieces; 19 stone pieces and chips
Stone
Faunal Remain
Chipping debris
Unidentified
Neville