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: Hearst Museum object titled Backed blade, accession number 7-1446, described as Flint; small blade with back flattened by retouch (lames a dos rabattu)
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Robert Fleming Heizer
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Albert B. Elsasser
675
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Adán Eduardo Treganza
521
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Francis A. Riddell
501
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University of California Field Party
492
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Karl Koenig
450
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Clement W. Meighan
423
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Norman E. Gabel
422
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Martin A. Baumhoff
416
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Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
363
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3,290
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University of California Archaeological Survey
3,098
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Robert Fleming Heizer
1,301
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California Archaeological Survey
535
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University of California Field Party
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Martin A. Baumhoff
369
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Francis A. Riddell
280
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William Clifford Massey
278
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Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
252
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Dee T. Davis
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Peter Nelson
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Obsidian
3,657
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Acc.1722
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Acc.UCAS-285
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175
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Acc.1331
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Acc.UCAS-482
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Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley campus, Alameda County
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8.3 For Manufacturing
75
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1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
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1.1 Hunting and Fishing
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1.9 Multiple Utility
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7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
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1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
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5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
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S1971-1972 #120: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1972–October 14, 1980)
200
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S1990-1991 #3: University of California, Riverside (August 14, 1990–November 20, 1992)
198
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
188
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S1977-1978 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (1978–October 14, 1980)
154
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S1979-1980 #66: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento) (May 13, 1980–July 14, 1980)
104
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S1980-1981 #39: California State University, Sacramento (December 19, 1980–March 6, 1981)
78
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S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
77
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S1965-1966 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (February 17, 1966–June 30, 1966)
63
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
52
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S1971-1972 #12: Stanford University/Charles Nelson (August 11, 1971–September 9, 1971)
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