Core chopper

Museum number:
3-19593
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030019593
Accession number:
Acc.2060
Description:
Core chopper, pinkish gray and black, basalt, square outline, three smooth surfaces, the rest are flaked; length 5.7 cm, width 5.6 cm
Donor:
Richard H. Brooks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Collector:
Richard H. Brooks
Collection date:
January 1956
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Core choppers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core chopper, accession number 3-19593, described as Core chopper, pinkish gray and black, basalt, square outline, three smooth surfaces, the rest are flaked; length 5.7 cm, width 5.6 cm

Tools