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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 16100
- Date of Photo
- 1975
- World Region
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa and Islands
- Country
- Kenya
- Geographic Location
- Lake Turkana
- Archaeological Site Name
- Koobi Fora
- Description
- The objects involved in this ingenious modern instance of stone tool use: block from which flakes were detached, small flakes used, bone broken to extract marrow after being skinned.
- Image Categories
- Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone
- Artifact Function: Stone Tools and Tool Production: Chipped Stone
- Artifact Function: Tools and Equipment
- Fauna: Skeletal element(s)
- Source Type Detail
- Vendor: W. A. Benjamin, Inc. :: vendor_series
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4449 x 3102
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 22140
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22140/22140
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"The objects involved in this ingenious modern instance of stone tool use: block from which flakes were detached, small flakes used, bone broken to extract marrow after being skinned.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22140/22140. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 23, 2024.