Hearth Soil Sample, 150,000-40,000 BCE

Upper Mousterian (ca. 150,000-40,000 BCE) Flint, bone, and soil Europe; France; St. Leon 5.5 x 3 in. MH 2016.16.664 View this object on the Database: http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=all&f=&s=mh+2016+16+664&record=0 Photographs and photogrammetry by Laura Shea (Digital Collections Coordinator and Museum Photographer), Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Copyright info: Contact the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA 01075 413-538-2245 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum/ The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is dedicated to teaching and learning; therefore, we value your feedback and welcome any scholarly observations. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to learn more about the objects you see here or to request 3D models of other objects in our collections. Description: Specimen of hearth site - to show how the material lies when dug. Contains tools and/or flakes, ash, charcoal, bone - from Saint Leon dig in France. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab