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Image Not Available for Piece of burned flint fractured by fire
Piece of burned flint fractured by fire
Image Not Available for Piece of burned flint fractured by fire
Object Number 43-41-50/5899
Display Title Piece of burned flint fractured by fire
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone flint, fire fractured, roughly ovate
Classification
  • Chipped Stone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Paleolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria
Intrasite From just inland of the beach; picked up in open fields
Additional Geographic Terms Chelif Plage; Mostaganem, about 22 km. Northeast of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 43-41-50/5899

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