Accession No

1931.1247.39-44


Description

Worked stone tools, including a worked pebble.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; Mount Carmel; Wadi-El-Mughara; Mugharet-El-Wad


Period

Upper Palaeolithic Aurignacian


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1931.1247.39-44; MWC


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Number 'C2' to be seen on some specimens is to be taken as 'C' . See 1952.296-300. Deposit: Level C. From the cave Mugharet-El-Wad at the Wadi-El-Mughara Excavated by Professor D.A.E. Garrod.
Period: Latest Palaeolithic. NB The Upper Pal. here is solely represented by the Aurignacian culture
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1931.1247[.1-38]: 'Industry includes: scrapers, burins, knives, etc. and a fragment of worked bone. The Upper Palaeolithic here is solely represented by the Aurignacian culture.'
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


Context (References)
Garrod, D.A.E., Bate, D., McCown, T.D. and Keith, A. (1937). The Stone Age of Mount Carmel. New York: AMS Press.
Event Date 1937
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Worked stone tools, including a worked pebble.
Event Date 11/7/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:315838

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