Accession No

TEMP.02657.199


Description

Stone tool. Bulb retoucher.


Place

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


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.02657.199; MAA: ?1934.1191; D.32 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Industry specimens/tools. Specimens are labelled "D"
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
El Tabun Cave; From level " Ed" at El Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel. The level yields tools belonging to an Acheuleo - Mousterian culture; Excavated by Garrod, Dorothy.
Event Date
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: Lily Stancliffe


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 5/3/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Stone tool. Bulb retoucher.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Analysis)
Laura Centi identified this as a bulb retoucher.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:310928

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