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Object Number 33-86-60/478.2
Display Title 8 pointed Levallois flakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description 5 flint flakes with possible use wear/retouching
Classification
  • Flake
  • Triangular Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Lower Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mugharet es-Skhul
Asia / Palestine / <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): 6.1 × 4 × 0.9 cm (2 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 33-86-60/478; 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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