Keeled Scraper

31-56-2294

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-2294
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Aurignacian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level D2
Locus Level D 2
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Narrow and elongated. Flint nodule forms natural keel and gives single-shouldered appearance. The side not consisting of cortex used as a scraping edge.

Length 3.6 cm
Width 7.8 cm
Thickness 2.9 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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