Keeled Scraper

31-56-1928

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1928
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

Made from flint nodule. Steep and narrow. Double patination; made on older tool which shows where flake has been removed. Poor scraping surface, slanting flake being removed and cutting into keeled surface.

Length 4.1 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Thickness 1.9 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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