Keeled Scraper

31-56-1958

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1958
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Aurignacian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level D1
Locus Level D 1
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Tabular flint. Narrow; elongated. Cortex remaining on both sides. Keeled edge at apex could have served as scraper. Opposite end could also have served as scraper.

Length 3.1 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Thickness 1.4 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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