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: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 9-4236, described as “Fist axe”, stone
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954
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Tabun cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
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Dorothy A. E. Garrod
902
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Karl Koenig
878
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John Desmond Clark
355
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Theodore D. McCown
111
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Peter B. Cornwall
76
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J. Waechter
3
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Allan Dobel
2
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Charles M. Keller
2
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Don Crabtree
2
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Donald W. Clark
2
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American School of Prehistoric Research
988
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
899
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Karl Koenig
472
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John Desmond Clark
358
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University Appropriation
356
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British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem
89
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Peter B. Cornwall
76
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Allan Dobel
25
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Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
22
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Mrs. Robert Desmond
6
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1,238
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Paleolithic and Mesolithic
1,188
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Mousterian
897
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885
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85
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Kebara
63
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Neolithic
46
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Upper Paleolithic (50,000–9,000 BC)
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31
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Chert
109
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73
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Obsidian
22
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Acc.696
899
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Acc.2468
352
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Acc.4595
241
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Acc.4553
231
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Acc.682
89
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Acc.831
76
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Acc.3397
23
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Acc.1688
22
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Acc.2360
6
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Acc.1805
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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)
551
objects
S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
549
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S1987-1988 #13: SFO Museum (September 1, 1987–February 25, 1988)
9
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S1987-1988 #34: Community Arts, Inc. (February 25, 1988–May 3, 1988)
9
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S1963-1964 #31: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 25, 1963–October 31, 1963)
5
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S1965-1966 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (July 13, 1965–July 15, 1965)
5
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S1954-1955 #5: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (June 29, 1955–July 6, 1955)
4
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S1964-1965 #17: Ygnacio Valley High School/Richard France (October 13, 1964–October 16, 1964)
3
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S1965-1966 #35: San Mateo College/T. Curren (November 8, 1965–December 20, 1965)
3
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S1965-1966 #68: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 3, 1966–March 8, 1966)
3
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