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token (en)  

Definition

  • Small artifacts, generally of clay, made into cones, shperes, disks, or cylinders, tetrahedrons with usually plain surface. Such objects were used on Early Neolithic sites in western Asia as counters to keep records of goods.

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Source

  • Kipfer, B. A. Dictionary of Artifacts 2007. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.p 319

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