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MS2637O

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2637O
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Period Middle Paleolithic
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chert
Description

Large scraper. This crude scraper is made from a flake struck in Mousterian or Levalloisian fashion. The retouch is very crude - probably percussion formed. The piece is interesting, since it is certainly a paleolithic type.

Length 4.9 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Thickness 1.8 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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