Keeled Scraper

31-56-1544

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1544
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Atlitian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level C
Locus Level C
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Steep and narrow. Double patination; made on older flake. Apex could have served as scraper. Keel, part of one side, and scraping surface, are the only parts reworked. Curved. Poor attempt at scraper; could have served as burin.

Height 4.7 cm
Length 5 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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