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bladelet core
Object Type
bladelet core
Museum number
CAR.49.23
Description
One hundred and fourteen cryptocrystalline silica bladelet cores.
Cultures/periods
Mesolithic
(?)
Neolithic
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Archibald Campbell Carlyle
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Vindhya Hills
, Eastern part around Mirzapur, Allahbad, Banda and Rewa where cave, rockshelter and open sites occur along the scarps formed by the denudation of a series of plateaux.
Materials
silica
Bibliographic references
Cook & Martingell 1994 / The Carlyle Collection of Stone Age artefacts from Central India
(49.23, p.96)
Location
Not on display
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
CAR.49.23