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Object Number
39-70-60/6242
Display Title
9 soil samples - 3 brownish laterite pebbles; 1 red brown lateritic disc mass; 1
Descriptions
Object Description
9 soil samples - 3 brownish laterite pebbles; 1 red brown lateritic disc mass; 1 orange kankar mass; 4 fossil shell fragments, bedrock
Inventory Description
Chipped stone raw material, miscellaneous soil samples
Classification
- Soil Sample
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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India
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Tamil Nadu
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<County>
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<City>
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Ariyalur
Intrasite
Surface
Additional Geographic Terms
Madras Presidency; Trichonopoly District, Udaiyarpaliam Taluk
Materials
Soil
Dimensions
Overall: 5.6 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
39-70-60/6242; 8
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