Accession No
1950.695.2-19
Description
Crescent; Scraper; Knife - Seventeen quartz and two layer ?rhyolite crescents, probably the larger ones were used as scrapers as an alternative to knives. Microlithic Industry
Place
Africa; Sudan; Khartoum
Period
Microlithic Mesolithic
Source
Commission for Archaeology
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.695.2-19
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Rhyolite
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Analysis)
The culture has affinities with the Caspian of north Africa, the Upper Sebilian of Egypt and the Wilton of South Africa. The suggested name for the whole culture is ' Khartoum Mesolithic' Found: From the site of ' Early Khartoum'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1950.695[.1-19]: 'Seventeen quartz and two layer ?rhyolite crescents, probably the larger ones were used as scrapers as an alternative to knives. Microlithic Industry.'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa
FM:305201
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