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Object Number 37-22-60/3190
Display Title 4 large flint tortoise cores
Descriptions
Inventory Description 4 flint cores
Classification
  • Core
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Palestine / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Intrasite Level b
Additional Geographic Terms Wadi el-Mughara; Wadi el-Mugharet-Mudgaret es-Sukhul; Athlit, near
Materials Flint
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 9.3 × 9 × 5.9 cm (3 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 37-22-60/3190; MS b

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for 4 crude flint Tortoise type cores
32-52-60/11 4 crude flint Tortoise type cores
Core
Palestine
8 very small flint tortoise cores or discs
37-22-60/3187 8 very small flint tortoise cores or discs
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
3 flint triangular tortoise cores from which flakes have been detached
37-22-60/3186 3 flint triangular tortoise cores from which flakes have been detached
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
Flint discs - struck tortoise cores
37-22-60/3220 Flint discs - struck tortoise cores
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
2 medium-sized flint tortoise cores
37-22-60/3222 2 medium-sized flint tortoise cores
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
3 flint triangular tortoise cores from which flakes have been detached
37-22-60/3186.1 3 flint triangular tortoise cores from which flakes have been detached
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
Image Not Available for 2 flint tortoise cores
39-55-60/6743 2 flint tortoise cores
Core
Mugharat-el-Wad
2 flint cores (1 tortoise)
33-86-60/480 2 flint cores (1 tortoise)
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
Flint discs - struck tortoise cores
37-22-60/3220.1 Flint discs - struck tortoise cores
Core
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
Image Not Available for Chipped stone cores, tortoise-shaped, with cortex
50-42-60/11579 Chipped stone cores, tortoise-shaped, with cortex
Core
Site 35b
3 small flint tortoise cores or discs
37-22-60/3221 3 small flint tortoise cores or discs
Chipped Stone
Mugharet es-Skhul
Mugharet es-Skhul
Image Not Available for Rectangular tortoise-type cores
50-42-60/11481 Rectangular tortoise-type cores
Core
Sites 30A-35C