Rock

Sample

37-32-19

From: France | Somme | Montieres

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 37-32-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience France | Somme | Montieres
Locus Tattegrain, outer edge of 10 meter terrace
Section European
Materials Rock
Description

Sample of Combe rock. The crushing of chalk cliffs and its reduction to paste by solufluxion is called Combe rock or Presle.

Credit Line Gift of the American School of Prehistoric Research, though Virginia Beggs, 1937

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