Accession No
Z 38856
Description
Flake; Blade; Core; Chunk; Fragment; Ostrich Egg Shell; Fragment - Flakes, blades, cores, chunks and ostrich egg shell fragments
Place
Africa; North Africa; Libya; Sirte; Island
Period
Palaeolithic Late
Source
Higgs, E. S.
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 38856
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Eggshell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The 1982 Catalogue has the following entry: Z 38849-Z 38863 All this material was found in bags labelled " Island" or " salt lake" (although this is uncertain for Z 38663). No other provenance is given but they were found mainly with Sirte material and probably come from the area of the Sirte basin. They were collected in 1961 by an expedition including Wilfred Shawcross, Mary Cra' ster and Glyn Issacs." From a bag labelled " No. 39 Island 3 M.5.O." The last 3 symbols (M.5.O.) are not clear
Event Date 18/5/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Flakes, blades, cores, chunks and ostrich egg shell fragments
Event Date 18/5/1994
Author: maa
FM:9054
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