Keeled Scraper
31-56-1920
From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-56-1920 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Aurignacian |
| Provenience | Palestine | Mugharet el Wad |
| Archaeology Area | Level D1 |
| Locus | http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/07/time-picks-the-top-10-photos-of-the-year/#1 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Steep and narrow. Made on flake; natural fracture serves as scraping surface. Back edge of under surface serves as additional scraper. Cortex remaining on one side. |
| Length | 3.7 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Thickness | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931 |
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