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Object Number 34-100-40/1679
Display Title 2 bone compressors
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, faunal remain, worked, smooth on one side
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Lower Mousterian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne
Intrasite Level L.M.
Additional Geographic Terms Abri des Merveilles at Castel-Merle; Sergeac,
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 11.6 x 1 cm (1 5/16 x 4 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 34-100-40/1679; 124
Provenance
Collector George Grant MacCurdy (1930)
Donor Donated by American School of Prehistoric Research (Cambridge) (02/1934)

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