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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