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Object Number 39-70-60/6156
Display Title 2 worked quartzite points, made from flakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone projectile points, roughly triangular, bifaces, made on flakes
Classification
  • Triangular Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Madrasian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / <County> / <City> / Attrampakkam Nullah
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Madras Presidency; Chingleput District, Tiruvallar Taluk
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 4.7 x 3 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-70-60/6156; 16

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