Accession No
1950.765.41
Description
Hammerstone.
Place
Africa; Somalia; Gure Warbei
Period
Late Stone Age Doian
Source
Clark, J Desmond (Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.765.41
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Chert; Quartzite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: 3-4ft level
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card (typed): '35 chert & quartzite tools and 2 ostrich egg shell beads of the 3-4 ft. level. There are also four hammer-stones.'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card (typed): 'Of the Magosio/Doian transitional industry (Lower Doian)'
Event Date
Author: Shelise Robertson
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card (original): 'Twenty-nine chert and quartzite tools and two ?ostrich egg-shell beads...There are also four hammerstones from this level...'
Event Date 1950
Author: Shelise Robertson
Context (References)
Clark, J. Desmond. 1954. The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P.244ff.
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson
FM:282205
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