Handaxe

Museum number:
9-1675
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Accession number:
Acc.696
Description:
Upper Acheulean flint
Donor:
American School of Prehistoric Research and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Tabun cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Culture or time period:
Upper Acheulean
Collector:
Dorothy A. E. Garrod
Collection date:
1932-1933
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics) and Upper Acheulean
Accession date:
1935
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (July 13, 1965–July 15, 1965), 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 Handaxe, accession number 9-1675, described as Upper Acheulean flintHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 9-1675, described as Upper Acheulean flint
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 9-1675, described as Upper Acheulean flint

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