Keeled Scraper

31-56-1930

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1930
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

Tabular flint. Steep and narrow. Cortex remaining on sides. Natural fracture forms part of keeled surface. End of upper surface could have served as scraper. Double patination.

Length 3.8 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Thickness 1.8 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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