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: Hearst Museum object titled Blade or chopper, accession number 9-19180, described as Biface chopping tool or blade
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: Hearst Museum object titled Blade or chopper, accession number 9-19130, described as biface blade or chopping tool
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 1-205110, described as Chopper.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 1-95874, described as Chopper
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 1-95918, described as Chopper
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 1-91547, described as Uniface.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 3-18415, described as Basalt chopper; length 12 cm.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 1-95907, described as Chopper
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Chopper
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Chopper or scraper
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Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
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3,969
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Core tools (stone tools)
3,969
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Stone tools
3,969
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Crescentic choppers (stone tools)
62
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50
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archaeology
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The Americas
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Los Angeles County, California
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Adán Eduardo Treganza
823
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Richard H. Brooks
599
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Francis A. Riddell
439
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Robert Fleming Heizer
406
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Albert Mohr
358
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University of California Field Party
317
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Norman E. Gabel
310
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Franklin Fenenga
216
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Arnold R. Pilling
199
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James Allan Bennyhoff
183
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1,770
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University of California Archaeological Survey
1,211
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Richard H. Brooks
581
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Adán Eduardo Treganza
520
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University of California, Los Angeles
442
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University of California Field Party
323
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Robert Fleming Heizer
316
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California Archaeological Survey
275
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Albert Mohr
235
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Francis A. Riddell
234
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Paleolithic and Mesolithic
62
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6
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6
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Basalt (basic igneous rock)
176
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Quartzite
112
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Chert
99
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51
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50
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36
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4
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3
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Acc.2060
581
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Acc.912
442
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Acc.1011
323
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Acc.UCAS-120
212
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Acc.UCAS-336
144
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Acc.UCAS-34
95
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Acc.1009
80
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Acc.UCAS-33
75
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Acc.965
69
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Acc.966
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Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley campus, Alameda County
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1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
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1.5 Household
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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
78
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S1964-1965 #8: University of California, Santa Barbara/Jay Ruby (August 26, 1964–April 17, 1967)
14
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S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
13
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S1971-1972 #120: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1972–October 14, 1980)
12
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S1977-1978 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 2, 1978–March 18, 1978)
12
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S1963-1964 #74: San Francisco State University (March 20, 1964–January 7, 1965)
9
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S1974-1975 #48: Lawrence Hall of Science (January 17, 1975–October 9, 1975)
6
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S1960-1961 #1 [formerly I-60-B]: Nevada State Museum/Richard Shutler Jr. (October 31, 1960–August 15, 1963)
5
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S1976-1977 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colin L. Busby (February 25, 1977–May 26, 1978)
5
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S1996-1997 #10: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 14, 1997–April 9, 2007)
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