Accession No
1950.728.9
Description
Flake with plain striking-platform struck from prepared core.
Place
Africa; North East Africa; Somalia; Jesomma
Period
Lower Levallois
Source
Clark, J. Desmond [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.728.9
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Quartzite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card (original): 'From the Basal Sand and lower and upper ferri sands. Site S.23.1...Jesomma, Southern Somaliland (The site is by the middle Webi Shebeli river).'
Event Date 1950
Author: Shelise Robertson
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.728: 'Nine quartzite implements.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Shelise Robertson
Description (Physical description)
J. Desmond Clark (1954): 'Flake with plain striking-platform struck from prepared core; sandstone,ochreous patina. Jesomma.'
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson
Context (References)
Clark, J. Desmond. 1954. The Prehistoric Cultures of the Horn of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pl. 12, Nos. 13. P. 93-95, 171-178.
Event Date 1954
Author: Shelise Robertson
FM:282248
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