Flake

Museum number:
7-4869
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1805
Description:
Levalloisian flake; white flint
Donor:
Natural History Museum (London)
Collection place:
Swanscombe, Kent, England
Verbatim coll. place:
“top of loam” (base of Middle Gravels)
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics), Levalloisian (ca. 300,000–40,000 BP), and Levallois technique
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 8.3 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 7-4869, described as Levalloisian flake; white flintHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 7-4869, described as Levalloisian flake; white flint
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 7-4869, described as Levalloisian flake; white flint

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