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Code
Ar/Ab.AB3.19.L.03
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Indeterminate
Remarks

Large end fragment of what may be a tuff mano, or perhaps extremely crumbly basalt. Gray in color, highly corroded, bleached, especially on the non-rounded side. The non-fracture end is eroded and likely spalled as well. The domed, dorsal side is signficantly pocked in all across its surface. Light white corrosion covers 20% of the exterior surface and sits mainly in pores and divets. However, the flat surface is 90% covered in thick, crusty, yellowish-green corrosion, suggesting that the tool was possibly oxidized, roasted, in a destruction incident.
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Lithic Details
Form
Groundstone
Material
Tuff
Color
Bluish Gray
Retouched?
No
Length
176.0mm
Width
146.4mm
Breadth
54.1mm
Weight
2050.0g