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Object Number 33-86-60/467.1
Display Title 11 small flint disc cores
Descriptions
Inventory Description 9 chipped stone edged tool or core, discoidal, with cortex
Classification
  • Edged Tools
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Lower Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Palestine / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Intrasite Level B1
Additional Geographic Terms Wadi el-Mughara; Wady Mugharet; Athlit, near
Materials Flint
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 4.8 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 33-86-60/467; MSb1.
Provenance
Collector Dr. D. A. E. Garrod
Collector Theodore D. McCown
Intermediary George Grant MacCurdy (11/15/1933)
Donor Donated by American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge) (11/15/1933)

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