Chopper

Museum number:
2-37354
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020037354
Alternate number:
M-207 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.1722
Description:
Chert chopper, large. Also shows use as a pecking stone
Donor:
Martin A. Baumhoff, Robert Fleming Heizer, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
NV-Ch-145, Middlegate, Churchill County, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
CH-X4, Middlegate, no loc. (surface?) X-4 Middlegate in field notes, on Churchill county archival map is called CA-Ch-125. It is no known what the identification as NV-Ch-145 was based on.
Collector:
Martin A. Baumhoff and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
Summer 1959
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 2-37354, described as Chert chopper, large. Also shows use as a pecking stone
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 2-37354, described as Chert chopper, large. Also shows use as a pecking stoneDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 2-37354, described as Chert chopper, large. Also shows use as a pecking stone

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