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1884.122.579

Piece of long bone

1884.122.579

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Collection type
Object
Description
Piece of long bone
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil Les Eyzies
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
1863
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Bone
Dimensions
Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 97 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.122.579
Research and responses

For details on the work undertaken by Henry Christy and Édouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet at this site and elsewhere in the south of France see their 1875 volume [also published with Thomas Rupert Jones] Reliquiae aquitanicae: Being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Pèrigord and the adjoining provinces of Southern France [published in London by Williams & Norgat]. This book can be accessed online at http://www.archive.org/details/reliquiaeaquitan00lartuoft. [MN 06/10/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Animalia, Animal Part, Bone

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