Accession No

1934.1187.1


Description

Worked stone industry tool.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; Mount Carmel; Wadi-El-Mughara; El Tabun


Period

Upper Levalloiso-Mousterian


Source

British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem; Garrod, Dorothy A. E. (Professor) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1934.1187.1; T.Ch.I [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Catalogue Card states 'Specimens labelled "T.ch.I"' however some have decimal points, some do not.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card: 'Industry from the top level at El Tabun cave, MT Carmel. This level is described as "Chimney I" and labelled "T.ch.I". [D. Garrod excavation]'.
Event Date 1934
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Stone Worked Stone Industry
Event Date 1934
Author: maa


Context (References)
Garrod, Dorothy A.E., Bate, D., McCown, T.D. and Keith, A. (1937 and 1939). The Stone Age of Mount Carmel, vol. I and II. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
Event Date 1937
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
Found: El Tabun Cave; From the top level at El Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel. The level is described as " chimney I" and labelled " T.ch.I" Collected by: Garrod.D; Excavated by Garrod.D
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field previously stated 'Unknown'. However other finds from the top layer called Chimney I at Tabun have been assigned the period Upper Levalloiso-Mousterian (see 1933.789). This has been tentatively added to the Period field but should be confirmed.
Event Date 7/1/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Previously no Source was listed in the field. This has been populated with information from other database records from Dorothy Garrod's Tabun excavation and the catalogue card.
Event Date 7/1/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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