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1928.50.1

Stone tool, hand-axe. [MJD (Verve) 5/4/2016]

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1928.50.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool, hand-axe. [MJD (Verve) 5/4/2016]
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Moroccan Desert Tabel Balah [Tabel Belat] [Tabelbala]
Person
Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman
Field collector Brenda Zara Seligman
PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1928
Acquisition information
Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 83 mm, Length: max 170 mm, Depth: max 55 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.50.1
Research and responses

This object was examined by Prof. Nick Barton as part of the Fell funded project Characterizing the World Archaeology collections. He described it as a Mousterian point. He also advised that Tabel Belat was also labelled Tabel Balah and identified with the present-day Tabelbala oasis. [AS 05/07/2011]

The dictionary definition of coup de poing, noun, plural coups de poing. Archaeology. (no longer in technical use) a Lower Palaeolithic stone hand axe, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges. [MJD 06/02/2014]

Search terms: Tool, Hand-axe

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