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Object Number 2016.1.73
Display Title Chipped stone including hand axes, choppers, cores, and flakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone including hand axes, choppers, cores, and flakes
Classification
  • Axe
  • Chopper
  • Core
  • Flake
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia?
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm (3 3/8 × 3 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 19
Label on object T.Eb; T.F.; Eb.24; Eb.21; Eb.26; F.20; Eb.34; T.Eb.40.; Eb.23

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