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World Museum of Man 2004

 

 

CAPSIAN TRADITION AFRICAN NEOLITHIC COLLECTION

GRINDING STONE

Ref #:  631

Type:  Grinding Stone

Material:  Hardstone

Period:  Capsian Tradition African Neolithic  8500 - 3000 years ago

Provenance:  Northwest Africa

Measurements (outside diameter, left to right):  3.5, 4, 3.6 cm
 


Comments:  Specimen #537 is possibly an unfinished polished ring.