Core (uncertain)
57-5-5
From: Japan | Honshu | Asamushi
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 57-5-5 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Paleolithic | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Asamushi |
Period | Paleolithic |
Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Stone |
Technique | Flaked |
Description | Flaked tool. Possibly step scraper or core. Grey stone. Finger shaped groove. 57-5-5 exhibits definate evidence of chipping. It may have been a core from which other tools were fashioned or perhaps is simply a by product. This is one of a group of objects from a single site. It is similar to 57-5-2, 57-5-3, 57-5-4 and 57-5-5 in type of stone and in its angularity but does not have a concave reworked edge. The crudeness of these forms along with the small assembly of items from this site appear to represent Late Paleolithic stone tool technology. |
Credit Line | Gift of Carleton S. Coon, 1957 |
Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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