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F. H. Sterns
Fig. 54. Cat. no. , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — dark — translucent. Patina — brown. Incrustation — calcareous in spots. 8 X 7 X
2.5 cm. Flaking — one face, several longitudinal facets running in a general direction of E to D — other
face (shown in the illustration), original cortex at A — radial facets along the edges.
Between B and C, the edge is unfinished and forms a facet more or less at right
angles to the two faces. The remainder of the edge is beveled and sinuous, and shows
retouching due to use. From D to E is a more or less straight edge. The whole imple-
ment is roughly discoidal, with one portion of the edge blunt.
Fig. 55. Cat. no. 753 , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — white — opaque. Patina — light yellow on one face—-yellow brown on other; mottled.
8 X 5 X 1-5 cm. Flaking — more or less radial on both faces •— with a few small exfoliation facets.
Between A and B is a small facet at right angles to the two faces. The remainder
of the edge is slightly wavy.
Fig. 56. Cat. no. 7f5 , P. Ad. Mahamid.
Material — fossiliferous chert. 12X7X4 cm. Flaking — both faces composed of radial facets
which are probably due to natural agencies, perhaps exfoliation.
The edges show little or no sign of use. There seems to be no good reason to believe
that this specimen is not purely natural.
Figs. 57 and 58. Cat. no. 7^4 , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — dark — opaque. Patina -— yellow brown on both faces, but the shade is not the same,
mottled on one face. 11 X 10 X 3 cm. Flaking — radial on both faces.
The implement is discoidal. The edges are almost straight. Thus the implement
resembles some of the finest Acheulean discs of Europe. There are two notches, A and B,
in the edge, which serve for finger grasps.
Figs. 59 and 60. Cat. no. , P. M. Haynes collection (pl. 2, fig. 6). Luxor.
Flint — dark — opaque. Patina — yellowish brown, lusterless — dendritic on face shown in fig.
60. 12.5 X 7 X 4.5 cm. Flaking — radial on both faces, flakes large — much weathered old surface
A on both faces, probably the exterior of a water worn bowlder rather than that of a flint nodule from
its original matrix.
The maximum thickness occurs at B. This decreases rapidly along the much curved
reversed cone of percussion C, and reaches a minimum of less than 1 cm. at D. Nowhere
is there evidence of fine retouching of the edges, though they are everywhere battered.
The implement as a whole is ovoid, with a blunt point at F. The form is roughly that
of the cruder Chellean coup-de-poing of western Europe. The weathered surface A,
F. H. Sterns
Fig. 54. Cat. no. , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — dark — translucent. Patina — brown. Incrustation — calcareous in spots. 8 X 7 X
2.5 cm. Flaking — one face, several longitudinal facets running in a general direction of E to D — other
face (shown in the illustration), original cortex at A — radial facets along the edges.
Between B and C, the edge is unfinished and forms a facet more or less at right
angles to the two faces. The remainder of the edge is beveled and sinuous, and shows
retouching due to use. From D to E is a more or less straight edge. The whole imple-
ment is roughly discoidal, with one portion of the edge blunt.
Fig. 55. Cat. no. 753 , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — white — opaque. Patina — light yellow on one face—-yellow brown on other; mottled.
8 X 5 X 1-5 cm. Flaking — more or less radial on both faces •— with a few small exfoliation facets.
Between A and B is a small facet at right angles to the two faces. The remainder
of the edge is slightly wavy.
Fig. 56. Cat. no. 7f5 , P. Ad. Mahamid.
Material — fossiliferous chert. 12X7X4 cm. Flaking — both faces composed of radial facets
which are probably due to natural agencies, perhaps exfoliation.
The edges show little or no sign of use. There seems to be no good reason to believe
that this specimen is not purely natural.
Figs. 57 and 58. Cat. no. 7^4 , P. M. Mahamid.
Flint — dark — opaque. Patina -— yellow brown on both faces, but the shade is not the same,
mottled on one face. 11 X 10 X 3 cm. Flaking — radial on both faces.
The implement is discoidal. The edges are almost straight. Thus the implement
resembles some of the finest Acheulean discs of Europe. There are two notches, A and B,
in the edge, which serve for finger grasps.
Figs. 59 and 60. Cat. no. , P. M. Haynes collection (pl. 2, fig. 6). Luxor.
Flint — dark — opaque. Patina — yellowish brown, lusterless — dendritic on face shown in fig.
60. 12.5 X 7 X 4.5 cm. Flaking — radial on both faces, flakes large — much weathered old surface
A on both faces, probably the exterior of a water worn bowlder rather than that of a flint nodule from
its original matrix.
The maximum thickness occurs at B. This decreases rapidly along the much curved
reversed cone of percussion C, and reaches a minimum of less than 1 cm. at D. Nowhere
is there evidence of fine retouching of the edges, though they are everywhere battered.
The implement as a whole is ovoid, with a blunt point at F. The form is roughly that
of the cruder Chellean coup-de-poing of western Europe. The weathered surface A,