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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