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Dorothy A. E. Garrod
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John Desmond Clark
568
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Charles M. Keller
342
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Historical Monuments Commission of Rhodesia
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Theodore D. McCown
85
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Heywood W. Seton-Karr
47
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J. H. Power
46
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Sonia R. Ragir
29
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Homer H. Kidder
27
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University of California African Expedition
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American School of Prehistoric Research
962
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
899
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John Desmond Clark
562
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South African Museum
480
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University Appropriation
392
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Historical Monuments Commission of Rhodesia
128
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Natural History Museum (London)
82
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Rhodes-Livingstone Museum
69
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British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem
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Homer H. Kidder
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89
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135
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Acc.2103
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Acc.1898
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82
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69
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Acc.2109
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63
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Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley campus, Alameda County
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
1,015
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S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
667
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S2005-2006 #2: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–unknown)
52
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S1996-1997 #10: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 14, 1997–April 9, 2007)
42
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S1988-1989 #14: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Nicholas Toth (October 1, 1988–July 11, 1989)
36
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S1987-1988 #14: Indiana University (August 24, 1987–September 30, 1988)
34
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S1963-1964 #57: University of California, Davis (February 5, 1964–May 12, 1964)
10
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S1966-1967 #74: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (February 22, 1967–February 28, 1967)
9
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S1965-1966 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (July 13, 1965–July 15, 1965)
8
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S1971-1972 #128: Department of Anthropology (CSU Stanislaus) (April 18, 1972–April 17, 1973)
6
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