Flake

Museum number:
5-3415
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003415
Alternate number:
BW 462 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1805
Description:
Levalloisian flake; flint.
Donor:
Natural History Museum (London)
Collection place:
Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Kharga Oasis; Mound Spring
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics), Levalloisian (ca. 300,000–40,000 BP), and Levallois technique
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 3.1 centimeters and length 6.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-3415, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-3415, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 5-3415, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.

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