Keeled Scraper

31-56-2708

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-2708
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Aurignacian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level E
Locus Level E
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Narrow and elongated. Scraping surface shows retouch. Made on naturally fractured flake. Cortex remaining all along upper part of keeled edge and back. Upper edge was retouched and served as scraper.

Height 3.6 cm
Length 4.9 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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