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Object Number 37-120-10/9593
Display Title Large stone axe--small break, broad flat type, 14 x 9 x 4 cm.
Descriptions
Object Description Large stone axe--small break, broad flat type, 14 x 9 x 4 cm.
Inventory Description Chipped stone biface, axe, roughly ovate, broad, flat, broken
Classification
  • Axe
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Rio Arriba County / <City> / Prehistoric quarry
Intrasite Sec. 4, T.22 north R.4 E
Additional Geographic Terms Cerro Pedernal, southwest side of
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 9.3 x 4.4 cm (5 3/8 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-120-10/9593
Provenance
Provenance E. C. Cabot (1937)
Provenance Harriet Cabot (1937)
Provenance John Perkins (1937)
Provenance C. S. Denney (1937)
Provenance Prof. Kirk Bryan (1937)

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Image Not Available for 14 flint burins on angle of blade: broad thick-ended flake (oblique break) (9);
53-48-40/7589 14 flint burins on angle of blade: broad thick-ended flake (oblique break) (9);
Graver
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for Axe-type stone implement, 14 x 6 x 4 cm.
37-120-10/9581 Axe-type stone implement, 14 x 6 x 4 cm.
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
Image Not Available for 11 flint burins on angle of blade; oblique break: narrow (4), broad (4), flat-fa
53-48-40/7586 11 flint burins on angle of blade; oblique break: narrow (4), broad (4), flat-fa
Graver
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for 4 flint burins on angle on blade; concave-oblique break (2); broad, flat, broken
53-48-40/7587 4 flint burins on angle on blade; concave-oblique break (2); broad, flat, broken
Graver
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for Broken axe-type stone implement, 9 x 6 x 4 cm.
37-120-10/9587 Broken axe-type stone implement, 9 x 6 x 4 cm.
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
Large, crude biface implements of "hand axe" type - 14 x 13 cms., +
38-8-70/867 Large, crude biface implements of "hand axe" type - 14 x 13 cms., +
Axe
Patjitan
Image Not Available for Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6 x 4 cm.
37-120-10/9583 Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6 x 4 cm.
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
15 flint burins on angle of blade; straight break: narrow (7), broad (6), flat-f
53-48-40/7585 15 flint burins on angle of blade; straight break: narrow (7), broad (6), flat-f
Graver
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for Broken axe-type stone implement, 9 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
37-120-10/9589 Broken axe-type stone implement, 9 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6 x 4 cm.
37-120-10/9582 Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6 x 4 cm.
Raw Material
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6.5 x 4 cm.
37-120-10/9584 Axe-type stone implement, 13 x 6.5 x 4 cm.
Raw Material
Axe
Prehistoric quarry
Image Not Available for Ovate quatzite hand axe-cleaver; wavy, very irregular edge, rather broad & obliq
47-60-60/9892 Ovate quatzite hand axe-cleaver; wavy, very irregular edge, rather broad & obliq
Axe
Gujarat