Chopper

Museum number:
18-163
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1973
Description:
Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”
Donor:
Frederick L. Dunn and UC San Francisco Medical Center
Collection place:
Gua Kechil (cave), Raub District, Pahang State, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Hoabinhian
Collector:
UC San Francisco Medical Center
Collection date:
March 8, 1964
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Choppers (prehistoric cutting tools)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 18-163, described as Elongate pebble chopper; schist; unifaced. Length 9 cm. Similar utilized flakes and “atypical Hoabinhian” tools were recovered from Gua Kechil I and II deposits in Alcove trench. See Dunn, F. L. (in press) “Journal Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society.”

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