Collection place: Malay Peninsula, Southeast Asia / Donor: Frederick L. Dunn / Culture or time period: Paleolithic and Mesolithic - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 18-164, described as Elongate pebble chopper; basalt; bifaced. Length 8 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 18-162, described as Elongate pebble chopper; basalt; bifaced. Length 8 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 18-172, described as Elongate core tool (chopper ?); basalt; bifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.

Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 18-167, described as Hinge flake; unutilized; basalt. Length 3.7 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 18-169, described as Prismatic flake; unutilized; basalt. Length 3.2 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 18-168, described as Unutilized flake; soft, pink, shale-like material. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 18-171, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt (?); bifaced. Length 7.7 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits; see Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M.W.F. Tweedie, 1953, J.M.B.R.A.S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.

Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 18-170, described as Ovoid scraper and/or chopper; basalt; bifaced. Length 8.5 cm. Similar to those recovered from Gua Kechil I deposits. See Dunn, “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society,” (in press). See also M. W. F. Tweedie, 1953, J. M. B. R. A. S. XXVI (2), plates 2 and 3.

Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 18-166, described as Ovoid primary flake scraper; basalt. Length 7.3 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”