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Object Number
52-17-50/9700
Display Title
2 quartzite proto-handaxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone bifaces, hand axes, ovate, 1 steep butt, angled blades
Classification
- Axe
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chelles-Acheul
- Stellenbosch
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
/
Gauteng
/
<County>
/
Vereeniging
Africa / South Africa / Transvaal
Africa / South Africa / Transvaal
Intrasite
From Older Gravels in the 50 ft. terrace of the Vaal Valley
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 7.7 x 6.4 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
52-17-50/9700; 5/35/VE
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52-17-50/9705 | 5 quartzite handaxes |
Axe
|
Cape of Good Hope
| |
| 52-17-50/9703 | 3 quartzite handaxes: rolled and therefore derived in Younger Gravels of Vaal |
Axe
|
Homestead
Riverview Estates | |
| 52-17-50/9719 | 2 silt-shale handaxes (small) |
Axe
|
South Africa
| |
| 50-42-60/10551 | 2 flint handaxes, pear-shaped |
Axe
Raw Material |
Barda Balka
| |
| 38-105-40/4678 | 2 flint handaxes |
Axe
|
France
| |
| 65-20-50/11136 | 7 amygdaloid flint handaxes |
Axe
|
Mali
| |
| 52-17-50/9717 | 6 silt-shale handaxes (medium-sized) |
Axe
|
South Africa
| |
| 52-17-50/9718 | 4 silt-shale handaxes (medium-sized) |
Axe
|
South Africa
| |
| 50-62-40/6959 | 4 medium-sized crude stone handaxes |
Axe
|
Villaverde
| |
| 57-20-50/10162 | 2 CASTS of large elongated pointed handaxes |
Casting
|
Tanzania
| |
| 50-42-60/10550 | 3 flint handaxes on large flakes |
Raw Material
Axe |
Barda Balka
| |
| 50-62-40/6957 | 3 crude stone handaxes or choppers-medium sized |
Axe
|
Villaverde
|