IDNO

LS.79743.

Description

On list describing individual slides:
"20. Upper Acheulean spring KO10. Typical wadis - washed group of handaxes. (KOP. Pl.6.2.)" [manuscript in ink]

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Kharga Oasis

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Caton-Thompson, Gertrude (Miss), Gardner, Elinor W. (Miss) [Kharga Oasis, 1930 - 1933]

Date

circa 1930 - 1933

Collection Name

Source

?Caton-Thompson, Gertrude (Miss)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.79724. to LS.79747. were found in the wooden slide box, formally numbered batch 22, now renumbered C404/.

A list describing individual slides was found in box C404/. This has been archived and the descriptions catalogued with their respective slides.

This image was taken from the book ‘Kharga Oasis in Prehistory’ by Caton Thompson.

Expedition: The Expedition field was previously unprovenanced but research shows that Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Elinor W. Gardener conducted excavations at el Khargeh over three successive winters, 1930 - 1933. The Expedition field has been amended accordingly. [JD 13/01/2014]

Source: The Source field was previously unprovenanced, but Gertrude Caton-Thompson donated 24 objects from Kharga Oasis, accession references 1950.248 - 1950.258, probably in 1950. The Source field has been provisionally amended accordingly. [JD 13/01/2014]

Bibliographical Reference: Kharga Oasis in Prehistory, by G. Caton-Thompson. Pp. XX + 213, figs. 38, pls. 128. University of London. The Athlone Press, 1952. [JD 13/01/2014]