Accession No
1931.580.3
Description
Obsidian scraper.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Kenya; Elmenteita; Gamble's Cave
Period
Later Stone Age Eburran
Source
Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.580.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Obsidian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1931.580[.1-16]: 'Upper Kenya Aurignacian, phase B, obsidian scrapers.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Gamble’s Cave II, Phase B. Excavated 1926-27; 1928-29 by Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey.Upper Kenya Aurignacian, phase B
This series is from the upper part of the layer marked 14 in the diagram in "The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya"
Event Date 1926
Author: maa
Context (References)
Leakey, L.S.B. 1931. The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 1931
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Obsidian scraper.
Event Date 2/5/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:326837
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