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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 16117
- Date of Photo
- 1975
- World Region
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa and Islands
- Country
- Kenya
- Geographic Location
- Peninj River
- Description
- An early Acheulian hand-axe made on a large flake from the site of RHS. The assemblage is 1.3 - 1.6 million years old, and along with EFHR at Olduvai is the oldest securely-dated Acheulian known.
- Source Type Detail
- Vendor: W. A. Benjamin, Inc. :: vendor_series
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3004 x 4627
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 22162
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22162/22162
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"An early Acheulian hand-axe made on a large flake from the site of RHS. The assemblage is 1.3 - 1.6 million years old, and along with EFHR at Olduvai is the oldest securely-dated Acheulian known.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-22162/22162. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 04, 2024.