Handaxe

Museum number:
5-2832
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
V4736 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688
Description:
Pietersberg Culture, MSA; sandstone bifacially flaked hand axe. “S” twist on on edge; Mid-late Pleistocene gravels.
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Rooiwal, Gauteng province, Republic of South Africa
Culture or time period:
Pietersburg
Collector:
Charles Lewis Camp, Frank Elmer Peabody, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
September 5, 1947
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Handaxes (prehistoric tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.3 centimeters and length 14.6 centimeters
Loans:
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-2832, described as Pietersberg Culture, MSA; sandstone bifacially flaked hand axe. “S” twist on on edge; Mid-late Pleistocene gravels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handaxe, accession number 5-2832, described as Pietersberg Culture, MSA; sandstone bifacially flaked hand axe. “S” twist on on edge; Mid-late Pleistocene gravels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handaxe, accession number 5-2832, described as Pietersberg Culture, MSA; sandstone bifacially flaked hand axe. “S” twist on on edge; Mid-late Pleistocene gravels.

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