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Image Not Available for Hammerstone of jasper--one edge may have been used as chopping edge
Hammerstone of jasper--one edge may have been used as chopping edge
Image Not Available for Hammerstone of jasper--one edge may have been used as chopping edge
Object Number 40-100-10/23721
Display Title Hammerstone of jasper--one edge may have been used as chopping edge
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone, biface, ovate
Classification
  • Ovate biface
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Texas / Brewster County / <City> / Sheep Creek Site; Alpine 9:1a
Intrasite Block j-vi, 9' - 10' (lower Calamity - below the humic zone)
Additional Geographic Terms Big Bend Region; Elephant Mountain, near; Calamity Valley
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 7.2 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-100-10/23721 & Al 9:1:A/40
Provenance
Provenance Sul Ross State Teachers College (1938)
Provenance J. Charles Kelley (1938)
Provenance Thomas N. Campbell (1938)

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