LITHICS MATERIALS - AFRICA

GREEN JASPER

Ref #:  641

Type:  Nodule Polished Slice

Material:  Green Jasper

Provenance:  Niger, South Central Sahara Desert, North Africa

Measurements:  20 cm x 15 cm

Comments:  Numerous stone tools of the Tenerean African Neolithic Period were fashioned out of this type stone.  See various examples here in this section.