Core

Museum number:
5-2021a
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2105002021a
Accession number:
Acc.1446
Description:
(a-c) Massive quartz cores; Chellean III
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
[Ledger: Tanganyika, Olduvai Gorge, from scree at FLK II]
Collector:
John Desmond Clark
Collection date:
September 1960
Materials:
Quartz (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cores (lithics)
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023) and S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 5-2021a, described as (a-c) Massive quartz cores; Chellean III
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 5-2021a, described as (a-c) Massive quartz cores; Chellean III

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