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Object Number 39-70-60/6198
Display Title Quartz flake worked into rude point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone edged tool, biface, roughly ovate, rudely worked
Classification
  • Biface
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Lower Paleolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Ulundurpet
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Madras Presidency; South Arcot District, Tirukoilur Taluk
Materials Quartz
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-70-60/6198; 9

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