Flake

Museum number:
5-3414
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BW463 (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:
length 5.7 centimeters and width 3.3 centimeters
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 1 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-3414, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 5-3414, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 5-3414, described as Levalloisian flake; flint.

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