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Flint chips and flakes
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Object Number 91-8-20/C1995
Display Title Flint chips and flakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lithic flake debris; some heat treated, indentified through color and spalling; one notched bifacial tool fragment; one faunal claw husk; one bone fragment; one possible skull fragment
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
  • Biface
  • Fragment
  • Chipping debris
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Cave of Loltun
Intrasite Upper Ledge, shelf near entrance to Chamber I
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 5.3 × 6.4 × 1.4 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 478
Label on object 91-8-20/C1995

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