Core

Museum number:
7-3748
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003748
Alternate number:
38 / 23934 (previous number (UC Paleontology Department))
Accession number:
Acc.1688 and Acc.892
Description:
chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley), Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley), and University of California Library
Collection place:
La Ferrassie, Dordogne, France
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
August 1935
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Aurignacian (ca. 43,000–26,000 BP), Châtelperronian (ca. 44,500–36,000 BP), and Cores (lithics)
Accession date:
1946 and 1962
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 7-3748, described as chert tortoise core scraper; secondary flaking around circumference of edge; (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)

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