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Copper Pike

Date: 1936
Description: Hammered copper pike found with prehistoric bison bones.
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Men in Tent at Interstate Park

Date: 1936
Description: Two men seated inside a tent at the digging site at Interstate Park.
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Ali Bacha Looking South

Date: 03 11 1927
Description: Ali Bacha looking south. Three indigenous men work on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left a man examines material in a wheelbarrow...
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Ensemble of the Diggings at Ali Bacha

Date: 03 23 1927
Description: Ensemble of diggings at Ali Bacha. View looking downhill towards three men working on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left an indig...
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Giant Prehistoric Ox Horns and Skull

Date: 1927
Description: A man is holding the broken end of a giant prehistoric ox horn next to the rest of the horns and partial skull to show the size. It is noted that they meas...
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Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...
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Workmen at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: Workmen excavate at an archaeological site at Mechta. M. Bebruge is the man in the foreground. A man sitting on the ground in the background on the right i...
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Skull at Mechta

Date: 1927
Description: A skull at the bottom of a excavation at Mechta. A digging pick has been included to show scale.
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Count de Prorok Receives Venus from Tomb of Tin Hinan

Date: 11 1925
Description: Louis Chapuis handing up a Venus statue to Count Byron de Prorok from the Tomb of Tin Hinan in Abelessa, Algeria.

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