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Object Number
40-100-10/23718
Display Title
Chopper made from a heavy porphyry flake
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped stone, edged tool, biface
Classification
- Biface
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Texas
/
Brewster County
/
<City>
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Sheep Creek Site; Alpine 9:1a
Intrasite
Block j-iv, 0" - 6" (lower Calamity - below the humic zone)
Additional Geographic Terms
Big Bend Region; Elephant Mountain, near; Calamity Valley
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 10.1 x 9 x 3.3 cm (4 x 3 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-100-10/23718 & 34
Provenance
Provenance
J. Charles Kelley
(1938)
Provenance
Thomas N. Campbell
(1938)
Provenance
Sul Ross State Teachers College
(1938)
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