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Object Number 35-32-40/1775.1
Display Title 7 quartzite hammerstones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, ground stone, pounding stone, hammer stone, pitted, tan
Classification
  • Hammer Stone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Upper Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France
Additional Geographic Terms Dordogne; Abri des Merveilles at Castel-Merle, Sergeac
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 × 7.7 × 4.2 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-32-40/1775.1; 53; U
Provenance
Collector George Grant MacCurdy
Donor Donated by American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge) (May 7, 1935)

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