Tool

MS2637L

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2637L
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Period Upper Paleolithic
Section Mediterranean
Materials Flint
Description

This piece is similar to MS2637J except smaller. Nor could it ever have been part of a denticulated tool. A large section of cortex on the dorsal surface indicates that it was struck from a water-worn pebble. Probably not earlier than upper Paleolithic.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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