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Object Number 58-50-60/11336
Display Title 3 end scraper on broad, flat spalls or flakes with steep marginal retouch
Descriptions
Object Description 3 end scraper on broad, flat spalls or flakes with steep marginal retouch (1 flint, 2 quartzite)
Inventory Description Chipped stone edged tools, end-scrapers, made on broad flake
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Neolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Saudi Arabia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Rub' al Khali
Intrasite Lat. 17 degrees N., Long. 47 degrees E.
Additional Geographic Terms Yemen and Hadramut, near border of
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 8.3 x 1.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 58-50-60/11336

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Scraper
Raw Material
Rub' al Khali
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Raw Material
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Scraper
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Raw Material
Rub' al Khali
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58-50-60/11343 3 large, flat, unworked quartzite spalls - percussion-struck
Chipped Stone
Rub' al Khali
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Raw Material
Flake
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Scraper
Raw Material
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Primary Flake
Abri Pataud
9 thin flint blade and flakes with very fine marginal retouch
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Blade
Abri Pataud
Flint round scraper on thick flake, marginal retouch
57-37-60/11205 Flint round scraper on thick flake, marginal retouch
Raw Material
Scraper
Rub' al Khali