Keeled Scraper

31-56-1875

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1875
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

Semi-steep and narrow. Slanting and elongated. Double patination; made on older keeled scraper, keeld surface being made at later date. One side also used as scraping edge. Cortex remaining along part of opposite side

Height 3.8 cm
Length 4.3 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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